CORPORATE PUBLICATIONS:
Becker, F. and Pearce, A. (2003) A Balanced Real Estate and Human Resource Model for Assessing the Financial Implications of Large Scale Real Estate Decisions
Becker, F., Sims, W., and Schoss, J. (2003) Interaction, Identity and Collocation: What Value Is a Corporate Campus?
Becker, F. and Sims, W. (2000) Offices That Work: Balancing Cost, Flexibility, and Communication.
Becker, F. and Sims, W. (2000) Managing Uncertainty: Integrated Portfolio Strategies for Dynamic Organizations.
Becker, F., Tennessen, C. M., and Dahl, L. M. (1996) Managing Workplace Change
Becker, F. (1995) Workplace By Design: Mapping the High Performance Workscape. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA.
Becker, F. and Tennessen, C. M. (1995) Hotel as Office
Becker, F. and Tennessen, C. M. (1995) Social Connectivity in Mobile Workplace
Becker, F.. Tennessen, C. M., and Young, D. (1995) Information Technology Communication
Becker, F., Joroff, M., and Quinn, K. L. (1995). Toolkit: Reinventing the Workplace. Norcross, GA: International Development Research Council.
Becker, F., Quinn, K. L., and Tennessen, C. M. (1995) Ecology of Collaborative Work
Becker, F., Quinn, K. L., and Callentine, L. U. (1995) Ecology of Mobile Workers
Becker, F., Quinn, K. L., Rappaport, A. J., and Sims, W. (1994) Implementing Innovative Workplaces
Becker, F., Quinn, K. L., Rappaport, A. J., and Sims, W. (1994) Implementing Innovative Workplaces - Summary Report
Becker, F., Quinn, K. L., Rappaport, A. J., and Sims, W. (1993) New Working Practices
Becker, F., Rappaport, A. J., Quinn, K. L., and Sims, W. (1992) Telework Centers
Becker, F., Sims, W., and Davis, B. (1991) Managing Space Efficiently - Summary Report
Publication & Report Excerpts
Offices That Work: Balancing Cost, Flexibility, and Communication:
Excerpt: Intro
Excerpt: Work Effectiveness, Communication, and Office Type
Excerpt: Workplace Cost, Density, and Effectiveness
Managing Uncertainty: Integrated Portfolio Strategies for Dynamic Organizations:
Excerpt: The Uncertainty Dilemma
Workplace Change: Managing Workplace Change:
Excerpt: Communication for Managing Workplace Change
Excerpt: Involvement in the Change Management Process
Excerpt: Benefits and Costs/Activities of Change Programs
Excerpt: Lessons Learned
Hoteling & Non-Territorial Offices: Implementing Innovative Workplaces: Organizational Implications of Different Strategies:
Excerpt: Lessons Learned
Hoteling & Non-Territorial Offices: Social Connectivity in the Mobile Workplace:
Excerpt: Questions Guiding the Research
Telework Centers-Satellite Offices: New Working Practices:
Excerpt: Benefits, Barriers, and Implications
The Ecology of the Mobile Worker:
Excerpt: Mobile Work and Time/Activity Patterns
Excerpt: Mobile Work and Work Effectiveness
Excerpt: Mobile Work and Communications
Collaborative Team Environments: The Ecology of Collaborative Work:
Excerpt: Virtual Workplace Strategy
New Placemakers: Unconventional Workplace Providers: The Hotel as an Office:
Excerpt: Benefits and Issues
Workplace By Design: Mapping the High Performance Workscape:
Excerpt: The Measurement Trap
Reinventing the Workplace (Toolkit):
Excerpt: The Integrated Workplace Strategy Concept (IWS)
Excerpt: Design Participation Matrix
Excerpt: Weighted Criteria Matrix
HEALTHCARE PUBLICATIONS:
Becker, F., Sweeney, B., and K. Parsons. (2008) Ambulatory facility design and patients’ perceptions of healthcare quality, Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 1(4), 35-54.
Becker, F. and Douglass, S. (2008) The ecology of the patient visit: Physical attractiveness, waiting times, and perceived quality of care, J. Ambulatory Care Management., 31(2), 128-141.
Becker, F. and Parsons, K.S. (2007) Hospital facilities and the role of evidence-based design, Journal of Facilities Management, 5(4), 263-274.
Becker, F. and Carthey, J. (2007) Evidence-based Design: Key Issues in a Collaborative Process. Proceedings of the W092: Interdisciplinarity in the Built Environment Procurement Conference, 23-26 September, Newcastle, Australia.
Becker, F. (2007). Nursing unit design and communication patterns: What is “real” work, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 1(1), 58-62.
Becker, F. (2007). The ecology of knowledge networks, California Management Review, 49(2), 1-20.
Becker, F. (2007). Closing the Research-Design Gap. Implications, 5(10), 1-5.
Becker, F. and Douglas, S. (2006). The ecology of the patient visit: Attractiveness, waiting times, and perceived quality of care, Healthcare Design, 6(7), 12-18.
Becker, F. (1980). Employees need role in design of workspace, Hospitals, November, 97-98, 101.
Becker, F. and Poe, D. (1980). The effect of user-generated design modification in a general hospital. Journal of Nonverbal behavior, (4), 195-218.
Becker, F. (1980). Evaluating hospital environments. In Beck, W. and Meger, R. (Eds.), The Environment of the Health Care Facility. Boca Ratan, FL.: CRC Press.
Selected Student Theses:
Adams, R. (2008) The role of physical design and informal communication and learning in gaining competency and reducing stress among graduate nurses. Unpublished Master's thesis, Cornell University.
Dutta, R. (2008) Influence of nursing unit layout on staff communication and interaction patterns. Unpublished Master's thesis, Cornell University.
Hammer, S. (2008) The role of physical design and informal communication and learning in reducing stress and gaining competency among new nurse graduates. Unpublished Master's thesis, Cornell University.
Sweeney, B. (2008) The ecology of the patient experience: Physical environments, patient-staff interactions, staff behavior, and quality of care. Unpublished Master's thesis, Cornell University.
Vilacorte, A. (2008) The changing healthcare workplace: An exploratory case study of decentralized nursing layouts. Unpublished Master's thesis, Cornell University.