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Open plan office no walls, no barriers. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Recently, open
plan
 offices are becoming more and more popular in many big companies. In my opinion,
this
 trend has more benefits than drawbacks.
Firstly
, open
plan
 offices allow more interaction between employees in the workplace. The disappearance of unnecessary walls will allow
workers
 to have more c
onversation
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with each o
thers,
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therefore
 they can develop n
ew
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r
elationship
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relationships
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with their co-
workers
, creating a friendly working atmosphere in the
office
. It is
also
 arguable to say that
this
 movement helps to encourage employees to share their work and assist other
workers
, as they would feel more comfortable to ask for help when all the
office
 walls i
s
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deconstructed.
Moreover
, the design of an open
plan
office
 supports the manager in supervising the entire working system. Walls and boundaries have always been a blockader preventing managers from having a clear and total observation of the whole workplace, causing them many difficulties in leading the s
taffs.
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 An o
pen
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plan
office
 would give them a wider view of the entire workplace,
therefore
 they will have more control over their employees. Admittedly, there is a drawback in the design of an o
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plan
office
, and
that is
 the lack of privacy for
workers
. Some people find it more difficult to work properly under the observation of everyone, and
this
 could lead to a decrease in their working productivity.
However
, I believe that
this
 symptom will disappear steadily o
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vertime
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once the
workers
 got used to it.
Furthermore
, in the age of globalization, it is necessary for
workers
 to have the skill of cooperating with their co-
workers
 and avoid isolating themselves from the community, which is exactly what an open
plan
office
 will help them to have. In conclusion, an open
plan
office
 gives more benefits to the working system of a company than drawbacks
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