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Nowadays, a lot of buildings, such as offices and schools, are now being built with an open plan design. Why is that? Do you see this as a positive or negative development?

#buildings #offices #schools #plan #design #development
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The open
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plan
design
 concept for buildings has been increasingly popular over the years among
business
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businesses
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 and homeowners.
While
 some
people
 would argue open
plan
design
 will provide less privacy, I believe that an
open
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plan
design
 concept especially for
office
 have a positive impact
especially
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 in increasing collaboration and creativity among the
staffs
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.
This
 essay will address both positive and negative developments of open
plan
design
.
Firstly
, there are
few
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 advantages of
open
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plan
design
. Especially for
office
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offices
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 where I believe open
plan
design
 will increase collaboration and creativity among
staffs
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staff
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especially
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 in a company.
This
 is because there are fewer walls created in the
office
 which have the tendency to create boundaries for
people
 to work together and collaborate. As an example, my previous
office
 back in Malaysia was converted from a closed space to an open space
office
. During the implementation, I can see an improvement towards the company culture where my colleagues can have an open
discussion
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 with each other or with their superiors.
On the other hand
, some
people
 believe that open
plan
design
have
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 the tendency to create less privacy
especially
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 in the
office
.
This
happen
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 when
people
 try to have closed discussion with their colleagues or personal conversations at the
office
.
For instance
, back in Malaysia, my superior used to conduct our performance review in a café near the
office
 since our
office
 is an open
plan
design
 and everybody including the managers do not have their designated work desk to discuss confidential matters.
This
 issue can easily be eliminated in a closed space
office
 or if there are few rooms
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 to cater for confidential discussion and meetings. Based on the above, it can be concluded that open
plan
design
 has more positive impacts towards developing good working culture rather than a negative impact.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Open plan design
  • Collaboration
  • Cost-effective
  • Creative problem-solving
  • Flexible use of space
  • Reconfigured
  • Operational expenses
  • Noise levels
  • Distractions
  • Productivity
  • Privacy
  • Personal space
  • Adaptable
  • Mental well-being
  • Construction costs
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