Download or read book How Facility Management Influences Organizational Performance written by Johnny Ch Lok and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-13 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McNaughton 2007 says "Facilities management provides an opportunity for businesses and large conglomerates to focus on their "core business" leaving the secondary services of security, mailing and cleaning in the hands of the facilities management experts". If implemented correctly, facilities management can benefit your company in the following ways: ⦁ Reduced risk and increased productivity⦁ Reduced operating costs by focusing on core business structures⦁ Encourages and sustains a healthy and safe corporate culture⦁ Delivers sustainable resource utilisation⦁ Optimise asset utilisation⦁How Operational and Strategic Facilities Management Can Improve service Performance?Facilities management can be divided into two sections, namely operational facilities management and strategic facilities management. Operational facilities management is the interaction within the facilities department itself (i.e the facilities manager and the various functional units such as maintenance, interior planning, architecture etc). The various functional units can be in house or outsourced. Each functional unit should be aware of current techniques and regulations within their specific area of work. The facilities manger is expected to communicate with the core business regularly to identify current facilities requirements. The facilities manager will then benchmark facilities service currently in practice within the organisation against other facilities management organisations and see where an improvement can be made (Barrett, 1998). It can be said that the primary function of facilities management is the operational side as it is the most visible. The function supports the regular needs of the core business. (Chotipanich, 2004)Strategic facilities management looks at the future. The facilities manager will interact with the core business to establish future changes that might occur to the business due to external factors such as competitors etc. The facilities manager will also identify possible developments within the facilities management arena. Interaction between strategic and operational facilities management must occur and the aim is to synergistically balance current operations with the needs of the future. (Barrett, 1998)The structure of facilities management is related to the needs, environment and circumstances of the organisation at the time. Its practice and composition are particularly important to the characteristics and contexts of the organisation. (Chotipanich, 2004)Barrett (1998) suggests that facility managers should not just select service items from the standard list at random, but provide only those services that are needed by their particular organisation. Facilities management practice is seen as adapting to its situation. Barrett (1998) also stands by the fact that facilities management practice needs to be personalised to a specific organisation. The facilities managers are involved in strategic planning i.e plans for the future as well as daily operations, particularly in relation to buildings and premises. Responsibilities and duties may vary depending on the type of corporation but the most likely responsibilities include: