Facilities @ Management

Concept, Realization, Vision - A Global Perspective

Edmond P. Rondeau, Michaela Hellerforth

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781394213283
• eBook ISBN: 9781394213306
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Industrial Management
• Index: Business

Facilities @ Management

Reference work describing the evolution of Facilities Management from a global perspective as experienced by the leaders in the field

With valuable insights from over fifty diverse contributors from all around the world, Facilities @ Management: Concept, Realization, Vision - A Global Perspective describes the evolution of the Facilities Management (FM) internationally, discussing the past, present, and future of a profession that has grown significantly over the last forty years. The contributors are made up of industry professionals, many of whom are the founders of the profession, and members from academia teaching future FM leaders.

This edited work is a Facilities Management anthology, with a focus on reviewing the origin of the industry through best practices and lessons learned from some of the sharpest minds in the field.

Facilities @ Management: Concept, Realization, Vision - A Global Perspective includes information on:

• Handling legal compliance, strategic policies, and overall best practices to ensure a successful career in the field
• Understanding practical guidance for the role of Facilities Management in the world's biggest challenges, including sustainability and climate change
• Building systems and equipment through strong technical knowledge, project management, and communication and interpersonal skills
• Managing a diverse range of stakeholders and contractors and adapting to changing technologies, regulatory requirements, and socio-political and ecological challenges

With unique firsthand insight, including case studies, from thought leaders in FM from 16 countries around the world, this book is ideal for practicing FM professionals as well as students and researchers involved in the field.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Contributors: Concept
• 1.1 When and How “Facility Management” Became an Identified and Needed Profession
• 1.2 “In the Beginning of FM…”
• 1.3 The Birth of FM and IFMA
• 1.4 The Birth of Facility Management and IFMA
• 1.5 Beginnings
• 1.6 FM in the Beginning
• 1.7 The Beginning of Facility Management (FM) in Germany: From My Very Personal Point of View
• 1.8 FM Down Under
• 2 Contributors: Realization
• 2.1 My Facility Management Journey: Lessons Learned
• 2.2 The Institution Bauakademie in the Course of Time and Its Current Potential for Change
• 2.3 Structured Growth of Facilities Management in China (1992–2022)
• 2.4 40 Years of Facility Management
• 2.5 Missional Journey Toward Raising the Recognition of Facilities Management as a Business Advantage to Organizations in Singapore
• 2.6 The Austrian Success Model of Excellent Facility Management Education and Proactive Work by Professional Associations
• 2.7 A Perspective on Facilities Management (FM)
• 2.8 My 40-Year Odyssey in Facilities Management
• 2.9 How to Make Good Facility Decisions
• 2.10 FM Maturity: Research, Standards, and Influence
• 2.11 FM Transformation in High-Tech Industries and Global FM Update
• 2.12 The Development of Facility Management in Hong Kong: A Personal Reflection
• 2.13 Forty Years of FM – From a German Perspective
• 2.14 *ATTA GIRL*One Woman’s Portfolio Life in the Built Environment
• 2.15 Facility Management Education: Personal Journeys of Facility Management Educators and Researchers
• 2.16 The Acceptance of FM and IFMA
• 2.17 Academic Career Paths in Real Estate and Facility Management – a Personal Experience Report
• 2.18 Review of FM in LatAm
• 2.19 About the Many Human Factors in Facilities Management
• 2.20 How Did I Get Into Facility Management?
• 2.21 Data Structuring of CAD Drawings – My First Contact with FM
• 2.22 How I Became Aware of and Became Active in Facility Management (FM) in Brazil
• 2.23 Irene’s FM Journey “Life Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone.” Neale Donald Walsch
• 2.24 “My Way” – My Way to Facility Management
• 2.25 Journey into FM
• 2.26 How I Came to FM
• 2.27 Impact of Global Trends on Real Estate and Facility Management
• 2.28 My Episode with Facility Management
• 2.29 FM a Summary
• 2.30 My Path to Facility Management and Facility Management
• 3 Contributors: Vision
• 3.1 50 Years in the Industry – Leadership Lessons Learned
• 3.2 Facilities Management Industry–Student Partnership – an Exploratory Study
• 3.3 Four Questions for Forty Years of FM
• 3.4 Facility Management Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow
• 3.5 We Are All Jugglers. Still.
• 3.6 On the Brink of Change
• 3.7 Workplace Evolution in Ireland and Beyond
• 3.8 The Role of Facility Management in the Wake of Global Resource Scarcity
• 3.9 Paying It Forward Through the IFMA Foundation
• 3.10 Facility Management: Whence It Cometh, Whither It Goeth?
• 3.11 Integration of Business and User-Centered Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management
• 3.12 My FM Path and Spelling and Defining Facilities Management and Facility Manager Holistically
• 3.13 The Genesis of MIT’s Creation of the World’s First Comprehensive Facilities Management System and Later Creation of the Nonprofit INSITE® Consortium
• 3.14 Evolution of Facility Management and Its Merging in a Pattern of Industrial Sustainability and Resilience Perspectives – Experiences – Views
• 3.15 The Robert L. Preger Intelligent WorkplaceTM a Transformative Living Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University
• 4 Summary and FM Outlook
• Appendix A: Facility Management (FM) Associations
• Appendix B: Facility Management (FM) Education
• Appendix C: Co-Editors and Co-Iniatiators
• Appendix D: Glossary
• Index
• End User License Agreement