Choosing the best office cubicle layout is a vital element that contributes ... Positioning team members close together facilitates the exchange of ideas and enhances communication.

People hated their cubicles---and rightly so. They didn't offer any real privacy, but were incredibly effective at communicating office hierarchy. The hatred of this terrible design was clear ...

Related stories While Kelley does not necessarily ascribe late-20th-century corporate attitudes to the office layouts of the era, he believes that the cubicle both reflected and reinforced the me ...