The role and the impact of office furniture vary from generation to generation. A few years back, the normal daily routine of an individual was traveling from home to office early in the morning spending the whole day almost 7 to 8 hours on one chair and then traveling back home. This almost repeats every day; that time office furniture that is mainly used by the worker was chairs desk and shelves. But with time organizations are more focused on providing their employees with the best ambiance in order to increase job productivity. There are many benefits of working together in the office. Nowadays organizations are focusing on developing their interior design by adding different types of furniture for every individual need of their employees. The way of running a business is quietly different from needs the previous era as businesses are more efficiency and productivity-oriented. In order to compete in highly competitive market organizations are implementing high technologies and smart offices to make their employees facilitate and happy. In the modern office, the right furniture is essential to the continuous flow of your business.
Comparison between a traditional office and modern office:
Years back in traditional office people used to spend most of the time in cubicles or if they belong from upper level management then they have their private offices. But now the working pattern of an employee has completely changed. on developing they need employees’ personal space for creating and developing the ideas, and sometimes they need a public space in order to interact with other colleagues again for brainstorming purpose.
Variety of workspace and work environment:
An organization should be the combination of purpose, variety of work environments and the workspace that can easily serve any purpose or quickly convert into the mix environment or single working stations. For example organization where a simple desk, like an executive desk or L-shaped desk [โต๊ะ ตัว แอ ล, which is the term in Thai] can easily convert to sitting or standing area.