Variety in the Workplace and its Influence on Creativity, Collaboration and Innovation: Preparing for a Technology Engaged Future

Viparina, Hannah E.

Savannah, Georgia: Savannah College of Art and Design

2018-05

Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Interior Design

Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Interior Design

Bibliography: pages 61-65

"Recently, a push for innovation and collaboration has swept through the workplace and studies show that both, employer and employee, are concerned with increasing these qualities. However, research shows that a majority of organizations do not know how to improve these attributes in their workers. This thesis explores the relationship between the physical environment and its impact on the user. Precedent studies and interviews revealed an overwhelming amount of repetition in the workplace, which could encourage habituation effects. It is proposed that increasing variety could introduce dishabituation effects on the user. By developing and implementing three necessary levels of variety in the space, a dishabituating environment could be created in order to stimulate creativity and collaboration."

Keywords: workplace, collaboration, creativity, face-to-face communication, variety, ungoverned variety, user-controlled variety, governed variety, habituation

CHAIR: Moussatché, Helena

Abuin, Ernest

Clark, Rita

English

Interior Design

Text

PDF : 83 pages, illustrations (chiefly color)

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