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Effective Training of Front-Line Service Employees

Service quality is the primary driver behind customer satisfaction. Because training is the single most important driver behind higher service quality, it […]

An Integrated Model for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis

IFMA Switzerland developed a life-cycle costing model for real estate and an associated life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis tool allowing comparisons between different […]

Driving Radical Change: A Case Study on Change Management

A framework for architects and designers implementing a method for managing change and planning strategy. The change process is divided into four […]

Investment Based Budgeting

Improve finance management and enterprise strategic alignment by instituting a new format for budget submissions and negotiations, termed by the author as […]

Sustainable Facility Leadership: People First!

Facility leaders can fulfill the dynamic requirements of modern FM by placing people at the center of their organizations, integrating the People, […]

High-performance Buildings Need High-performance FM

Quality frameworks and performance management systems are recommended for high-performance facility mangers to align organizational strategy and the delivery of economical, safe […]

Beyond Payback Period: Demystifying Sustainability Finance

Make the business case for sustainability initiatives by extending your finance projections past payback period alone and into sustainability plans considering return […]

Technology and the Workplace of the Future

Review of FM technology components driving strategy and change in the workplace, including a brief description of traditional and emerging technologies available […]

Advice for Emerging Leaders: The Best Career Investments you Can Make

Career management advice for prospective and emergent FM leaders, addressing career development strategies for developing, early, and continued career cultivation. Advice for […]

Facility Management: Benchmarking Business Value

Identifying the important roles of FM, benchmarking and the C-Suite, this resource offers helpful examples of FM to C-Suite communication for gaining […]