a) Differentiate between adjournment and postponement.
b) i) What is office layout?
ii) State three benefits of open office layout.
iii) State four factors to be considered before locating an office.
Explanation
a) Adjournment: This means to hold a meeting over until a later date. When the motion for an adjournment is moved, all deliberation stops while postponement means when a meeting is shifted from a particular date to another. It is the act of putting off a meeting to another date.
b) i) It is the practice of calculating the required office space and detailing the use of the total area available in order to ensure the practical arrangement of furniture and equipment for proper utilization of space. It is the same as office set-up
ii) - It increases staff morale
- Economy in the use of space
- Free flow of work
- Cost minimization
- increasing productivity.
iii) - Cost of construction
- Accessibility by workers and customers
- Security
- Space
- Customer's convenience
- Possibility of future expansion.