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OFFICE SEATING [4 records]

Record 1 2021-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Layout of the Workplace
CONT

Sitting in an open floor plan office or having flexible, unassigned seating at work is a challenge... Open floor plans and "flexible" office seating are common in today's modern, meticulously designed workplaces. While designers and managers hope that they’ll improve communication by encouraging people to talk to one another, more than a few studies have pointed out that they may actually do the opposite, and instead are simply designed to be cost-effective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Implantation des locaux de travail
CONT

Bien que les postes de travail non attribués et les espaces ouverts représentent un changement énorme pour les employés, nos ambassadeurs du déménagement sont enthousiastes en ce qui a trait au nouveau milieu de travail et à l'idée d'utiliser les différentes zones de travail.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

In every well-organized Foreign Office there is an important officer called the Chief of Protocol who decides matters relating to the rules of diplomatic and state etiquette and ceremony. He briefs newly-arrived ambassadors-designate on procedures regarding the presentation of credentials and related matters. He is consulted by members of the diplomatic corps on questions regarding precedence, correct procedure, formalities at official ceremonies, courtesies, seating arrangements at dinner, dress and the like. He is the arbiter of ceremonial usage and local custom. His decisions on unofficial matters are not binding but they are generally followed.

OBS

At some capitals, [the Introducer of Ambassadors] is the officer whose function is to fetch the ambassador, who is scheduled to present his credentials, from his embassy to the residence of the Head of State and introduce him to the latter at the presentation ceremony. At other capitals, the officer who corresponds to the Introducer of Ambassadors is the Master of Ceremonies. At the Court of St. Jame’s, this function is performed by Her Majesty’s Marshall of the Diplomatic Corps, in Washington by the Chief of Protocol.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Le chef du Protocole est un haut fonctionnaire du ministère des Affaires étrangères et il règle notamment le cérémonial de la présidence.

OBS

«Chef du Protocole» : Titre et orthographe employé au ministère des Affaires extérieures, Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conferences and Colloquia: Organization
  • News and Journalism
CONT

If the conference is an important one, a Press Room may be necessary. This should, ideally, contain: Tables or desks. Typewriters. Paper and pencils. Telephones. Public address loudspeaker linked with conference room. ... Journalists may want to use the room not only for writing and phoning copy, but also for interviewing conference participants.

CONT

Accommodation and facilities.... we required :Seating accommodation for 2, 500 people. A speaker's reception room. A conference office... A Press room with telephone for incoming calls, plus four lines for the use of reporter's outgoing calls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de congrès et de conférences
  • Information et journalisme
DEF

Salle réservée à la presse dans un centre de réunions d'une certaine importance.

CONT

Éléments d'un centre de réunions (palais des congrès) [...] Locaux de travail : [...] centre de presse (salle de contact et de documentation, salle de travail; studio radio-TV).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización de conferencias y coloquios
  • Noticias y periodismo
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Record 4 1995-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
CONT

It was there where Stump, working with specialists in orthopaedic and vascular medicine, conducted research into the ways people sit-and the ways they should sit. In 1974 he was commissioned to apply his research to office seating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
OBS

Siège très confortable pour une posture assise de travail devant un bureau.

Spanish

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