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The Fastest Gorwing Law Firm | Case Study

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The Fastest Gorwing Law Firm | Case Study

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Running head: CASE STUDY ON OPEN PLANCase Study on Open PlanStudent’s Name:University Name:Author Note
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1CASE STUDY ON OPEN PLANTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Question 1........................................................................................................................................2Answer to Part (a)........................................................................................................................2Answer to Part b..........................................................................................................................4Question 2........................................................................................................................................4Answer to Part a...........................................................................................................................4Answer to Part b..........................................................................................................................5Question 3........................................................................................................................................6Answer to Part a...........................................................................................................................6Answer to Part b..........................................................................................................................6Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
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2CASE STUDY ON OPEN PLANIntroductionThe situation described in this particular case study is that a fast growing law firm,Cheetham and Wyne is located in Aucklandand specializes in commercial law. The law firm wasinitially founded by Owen Cheetham and Jack Wyne. Then the partners’ list increased by twomore lawyers who were Mark Cheetham and Cathy Wyne. With the arrival of new faces andhiring of new staff, the old premises of the office became quite small for accommodating thetotal number of employees, thus the entire office was shifted to a new premises that overlookedthe harbor. Mark and Cathy also convinced their fathers to restructure the office design into anopen plan design. This study particularly focuses upon the changes in office after the installationof the open office design and the reactions of the partners and employees in relation to this. Thediscussion has been presented in the form of answers in relation to the questions mentioned inthe project.Question 1Answer to Part (a)There are a number of reasons for employees resisting the change to an open-plan officeapproach. One of the major reasons is that employees in general are resistant to change. Thismeans that employees after working in a certain environment for a long period of time tend toget used to such environment, thus resist any kind of change. To be more specific, generally aparticular individual is the most comfortable in his own house, similarly an employee is the mostcomfortable in the known environment that he is working in since the beginning, thereforeprefers his or her old desk rather than a new table (Creemers 2014).The founders or the senior partners Jack and Owen though did not like the idea oftransforming the design of the office into open plan design they listened to their children andchanged the design of the office. Similarly like Jack and Owen many of the employees think thatenclosed spaces rather than open wide ones enable a person to work in a better way, thus theyresist the open plan approach (Kim and de 2013).
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