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Facility managers must be able to align the facility portfolio with the demand organization’s missions and available resources and be innovative to move forward with their staff and processes to respond to ever-changing requirements.

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How FMs Can Change the Project Management in Organizations

How FMs Can Change the Project Management in Organizations

White Paper
By Dean Kashiwagi
In today’s increasingly competitive environment, organizations have an objective of cutting costs that take precedence over receiving greater value from the work […]
Population Health Management: A New Business Model for a Healthier Workforce

Population Health Management: A New Business Model for a Healthier Workforce

Research
By Jennifer Petrelli, Colleen Conklin, Nebeyou Abebe
As Population Health Management (PHM) continues to mature as a model for keeping populations healthy, the programmatic elements of employer PHM efforts […]
Common Executive Missteps in Real Estate and Workplace Strategy

Common Executive Missteps in Real Estate and Workplace Strategy

Article
By Diane Coles Levine
This article focuses on some of the root causes of executive-level mistakes in real estate and workplace strategy, discussing the link between […]
Developing a Planned Maintenance Program That Aims Towards a Preventative Mindset: A Case Study in FM Leadership

Developing a Planned Maintenance Program That Aims Towards a Preventative Mindset: A Case Study in FM Leadership

Article
By Brian Stone, Casey Cluff, IJFM
This proposal documents the process of creating a formal maintenance plan where none previously existed, with key components that facilitate and align […]
Workplace Mobility and C-suite Changes: A Survivor's Guide for FMs

Workplace Mobility and C-suite Changes: A Survivor's Guide for FMs

Guide
By Diane Coles Levine
As facility managers, how can we ensure that the mobility programs we develop survive a C-suite change? After all, most incoming CEOs […]
Work on the Go: IFMA Distributed Work Survey Findings

Work on the Go: IFMA Distributed Work Survey Findings

Slide Deck
By Bryant Rice, Isilay Civan, Leigh Stringer
A presentation on online survey results and case studies constituting the basis for IFMA’s 2009 and 2014 distributed work research reports, documenting […]
Putting the

Putting the "P" in FM: Project Management for the FM Professional

White Paper
By Giselle Holder, Geoffrey Abdulah
Research to establish and reinforce the correlation between FM and Project Management (PM), outlining ways PM best practices can be implemented in […]
Increasing Worker Engagement through Environment, Policy and Technology

Increasing Worker Engagement through Environment, Policy and Technology

White Paper
By Candice Balobeck
A case study of the Cisco Connected Workspace designed for a solutions-based, highly collaborative global workforce, guided by design solutions for optimized […]
Investigating FM Decision-Making Processes Through a Situation Awareness Approach

Investigating FM Decision-Making Processes Through a Situation Awareness Approach

Article
By Javier Irizarry, IJFM, Masoud Gheisari
This study provides a conceptual model of the Situation Awareness (SA) approach for application in FM, applying the Goal Directed Cognitive Task […]
Good Governance Creates Great Leaders

Good Governance Creates Great Leaders

White Paper
By Kit Tuveson
Review a model and guidelines by which governance, a quality process for internal/external operations and relations, may be instituted by industry leaders […]