The organizational strategy must retain flexibility to deal with changes in the environment that might require a shift in emphasis or direction.

The organization’s broad intentions have to be turned into workable plans. The management must also apply new processes and procedures as needed in the organizational tactics.

The organization must ensure that employees are working according to laiddown procedures and not deviating from it.

. The following are the practices that help in adapting to organizational diversity:

This involves assessment of expectations and objectives relevant to services, resources, market, portfolio, and space audit.

This involves generating, evaluating, and selecting options for facility strategy.

This involves the people, communication, resource planning, procurement, outsourcing, and entire organizational system relevant to strategy implementation.

An audit of the organization’s portfolio or programs should be undertaken to assist in establishing the extent to which the facility requires servicing.

The facility manager must develop specific measures for judging relative merits of options on a facility strategy.

The facility manager must suggest alternatives for the facility strategy through consultation with stakeholders and invitations to external experts

The facility manager must apply the established criteria in selecting the best option for the facility strategy

An audit of the organization’s services should critically review the current delivery of services through a comprehensive examination of existing policy in terms of corporate guidelines and standards.

An audit of the organization’s resources should concentrate on the skills of the people, the capability of providers or suppliers, and the status of all procedures and technology.

An audit of the organization’s market should consider testing the market at intervals to determine the extent to which current service delivery matches the demand, including the cost of services

The organization needs to develop the competence and skills of personnel through proper education, training, and mentoring.

The organization must establish an effective message to ensure that strategy implementation is both understood and acted upon by the employees.

The organization must plan the use of production factors efficiently and effectively to ensure proper allocation and control

This refers to the mix of equipment and labor that will be used by the organization.

This refers to the degree to which a system can be adjusted to changes in processing requirements due to factors such as changes in product or service design, volume processed, and technology.

This usually operates on a relatively small scale. It is used when a low volume of highvariety goods or services will be needed.

This is used when a moderate volume of goods or services is desired, and it can handle a moderate variety of products and/or services.

Thisis used when higher volumes of more standardized goods or services are needed, and monotonous processing is required. It produces high volume with low unit cost, but has low flexibility and costly downtime.

This is used when a very high volume of non-discrete, highly standardized output is desired. It is very efficient in producing high volume; however, it is very rigid, costly, and involves high downtime cost.

This is used for work that is nonroutine, with a unique set of objectives to be accomplished in a limited time frame.

This uses high-cost, specialized equipment for a fixed sequence of operations.

This involves the use of high-cost, general-purpose equipment controlled by a computer program that provides both the sequence of operations and specific details about each operation.

This is a group of machines that include supervisory computer control, automatic material handling, and robots or other automated processing equipment.

This refers to the use of computers in process control, ranging from robots to automated quality control.

These involve machines that perform operations by following mathematical processing instructions

This involves the link between personal satisfaction of an employee to his/her workplace and the effectiveness of the individual and organization.

This involves focusing on the personnel as a resource. Organizations must see the potential that can be realized through training and personnel development.

This involves providing periods of quiet concentration for employees to allow creative or complex thought. It also involves maintaining an open communication within the organization to enhance individual capabilities through communication and collaboration.

This involves the internal working conditions of the employees.

This involves the use of information and communication technology (ICT) and virtual private networks in accomplishing work.

This supports a better work-life balance, especially for those with typical family arrangements.

This involves the use of satellite centers and the concept of the virtual office.

The following are the different factors that affect the productivity of employees in terms of their work environment: EXCEPT

This will increase the beneficial exposure of employees to differences and diversity.

This will increase the productivity of the employees in terms of resources utilization.

This will create a positive impact on personnel productivity in a sense that it provides an optimistic work environment experience to the employees.

This is the practice of going through all the tools, materials, etc. in the work area and keeping only essential items. Everything else is either stored offsite or discarded. This leads to fewer hazards and less clutter

This includes three (3) primary activities, which involve getting the workplace clean, maintaining its appearance, and using preventative measures to keep it clean.

This focuses on the need for arranging tools and equipment in an order that promotes optimum workflow.

This involves creating best practices relevant to continuous improvement in the workplace. It also requires each team member to apply the established best practices in their work dealings.

This involves maintaining the momentum generated during the initial implementation of 5S and creating sustainability programs to keep the discipline.

Facility managers must ensure that policy, management and organization, and safety rules and procedures are well cascaded to their personnel.

Facility managers must ensure that health and safety policy, including emergency procedures, are clearly displayed in the facility of the organization.

Facility managers must keep an accident book, which will serve as a reference for the most common accidents encountered by the personnel of the organization.

Facility managers must conduct a general health and safety awareness program through the help of a specialist.

Facility managers must ensure the availability of an adequate number of first aid personnel during the operations of the facility.

Facility managers must conduct a fire risk assessment and periodic evacuation drills for their personnel.

. Facility managers must undertake a risk assessment for the facility by evaluating the effect of hazardous substances under relevant legislation.

Facility managers must periodically examine the facility for physical hazards.

Facility managers must periodically inspect the facility for any form of physical hazards.

Facility managers must carry out assessments to determine the requirements of personnel in terms of protective gears and equipment.

Facility managers must assess the risks of the personnel involved in visiting other sites or working outside the consortium of the organization.

Facility managers must provide an on-site policy document that all service providers must read and sign as evidence of their awareness of their duties and obligations with regard to health and safety requirements of the organization.

It involves poor-quality of internal environment such as air quality, light/daylight, temperature, and physical location.

It involves long working hours, lack of breaks, working weekends, and cancelled holidays.

It involves the senior managers who lack leadership skills and whose actions result in confusion and discord.

It involves assuming a position for which one is ill-equipped or unsuited.

It involves failing to reward or, conversely, moving personnel to new positions where they are unable to cope.

It involves ineffective management of social infrastructure to the extent that personnel become disillusioned, downbeat, and distrustful.

The management must conduct a system review based on a set timeline depending on the nature of the business.

The management must conduct a system review if there is a change in management or any key personnel directly involved in maintaining the health and safety of the employees.

The management must conduct a system review if particular goals or objectives have been changed.

The management must conduct a system review to align the new products and services that it offers to the market.

The management must conduct a system review to avoid future accidents in the workplace.

The management must conduct a system review before updating the policies and procedures of the organization.

. The management must conduct a system review to ensure that new equipment or technology is aligned with the processes of the organization.

The management must conduct a system review based on the feedback of internal and external customers for process improvement.

The management must continuously monitor the performance of key personnel involved in maintaining the facility to enforce necessary corrective measures.

The management must identify safety threats in the facility, which may affect the productivity of the employees to position a solution or alteration in the design of the facility, if necessary.

The management must ensure that the job descriptions of each key personnel are aligned with the objectives of the organization in terms of facility management.

The management must eliminate communication barriers to establish an open communication in the workplace.

The management must ensure that they have all the equipment or resources needed in facilitating training for performance improvement of the key personnel.