Undermanning and Architectural Accessibility.

Abstract

Preliminary results from behavior setting surveys conducted at remote military stations in Alaska for deriving habitability criteria for cold regions military installations reveal the architectural factor of accessibility to significantly influence undermanning. Undermanning is the organizational situation in which there are fewer people available to perform any job and hence each person is under pressure to participate. Centralized informal gathering areas, called focal points, were found to be determined by architectural design and appear to influence the degree of undermanning, permitting a reduction in the formal work load.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA001548

Entities

People

  • C. Burgess Ledbetter

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold Regions
  • Regions

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design