A Study en the Change of the Office Interior Environment According to the Social Change

사회적 변화에 따른 사무실 실내 환경의 변화에 관한 연구

This study is to suggest the desirable office environment In the Information society, after taking a look at how social changes have affected our office environments. the industrial society was to produce or to process natural resources. It was vertically organized and the hierarchy among its members was very much emphasized. However, in the information society, information itself became a very important resource as well as a product. The information society is like a horizontally organized network, where the individual capacity and the efficiency of teamwork are more emphasized than the hierarchy among its members. The office environment in the industrial society was for the massive processing of documents related to business under the guidance and vigil of a supervisor. however, accuracy and swiftness in processing documents were also emphasized when the concept of office landscaping and office automation were introduced in the middle of the 20th Century. The information society, that started in the late 20th Century, will be continuously developed in the 21st Century. In order to improve work efficiency in the information society, the office environment should be able to effectively use information and communication technologies and to efficiently manage networked organizations. This study suggests that the office environment in the information society should have connectivity, security, flexibility, mobility, and adaptability as its essential characteristics.