Psychology A-Level
open plan and hot desking
What open plan and hot desking means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of open plan and hot desking
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Reference: OCR
Workplace arrangements that stress territory and personal space at once, since an open plan floor removes the walls that marked a primary territory and hot desking removes the desk itself.
Topics that use open plan and hot desking
- Section B: Option 3 Environmental psychology (OCR A-Level)
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