Managers are usually completely powerless because office design decisions are almost always made by (or at the recommendation of) executives. Here is what it c

Managers are usually completely powerless because office design decisions are almost always made by (or at the recommendation of) executives. Here is what it comes down to: you can put a dollar figure on the money saved from going with an open office plan. You can't easily put a dollar figure on lost productivity due to conversations going on around you.