I think this is an attractive way of working. The biggest difficulty is that everyone needs to be signed up for it to work effectively.
It is vital to have private rooms for one-to-one meetings or to work for those times when you really want silence.
I am an SpR doing research at present and am in a communal office in a Trust that is supporting hot desking (or whatever it is called - when you can sit at any computer in the Trust to work). As a new concept for me I find I have adapted OK to it. It does rely on filing everything electronically and have reliable printers at every workstation.
James
>Thanks for contributions so far.
>There is a proposal where I am to have a main open plan office with two
>small private meeting rooms. This is perhaps workable, fulfilling
>requirements for chatting with Uncle Tom Cobbly etc. But, a new idea for me
>which I suppose is inevitable with consultant expansion.
>
>Does this go very much against SpR expectations?
>
>Tony
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Accident and Emergency Academic List [mailto:ACAD-AE-
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tony Adams
>> Sent: 10 August 2005 19:06
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>> Subject: Consultant office space
>>
>> Has anyone had experience of being housed in 'open-plan' office space
>> long-term?
>> If not, how would you feel about giving up your office (or not having one
>> when you start your consultant post) for a shared area or 'hot-desking'
>> i.e
>> you arrive with your briefcase or whatever and find a free console to sit
>> at
>> in a shared office?
>> I understand that this is a concept being imported into the NHS from
>> across
>> the Atlantic.
>>
>> Would be grateful for the list to share their views.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tony Adams
>
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