Previously we looked at ideas for people who had transient
workspace – with no area of their own. Today I want to consider people who have
shared workspaces. You fit this category if you have your own workspace and it
is in a shared part of the house. So, if you work at a desk in the family room,
kitchen, bedroom, etc. you fit this category.
The
shared workspace has some advantages over the transient one- work does not have
to moved frequently and there is stability in your work process. However, it
does share with the transient space the lack of privacy. You may have to work
with the TV going in the background and other people coming and out of the
room. This become of concern with you reach the data collection phase. As with
the transient, you need a locked file cabinet, somewhere you know that no one
else has access. Think about the worst-case scenario, your child decides to use
a completed survey to draw on or to cut up for a craft process for class. This
is a breach of confidentiality and would require you to report it to the IRB.
Having a desk does allow for piling of information, which can
quickly get out of control. To help with this tendency you may want get some
organizers with vertical or horizontal dividers (I am attaching a photo of
mine, so you can see what I am talking about).
I suggest setting one day a week for filing paper, that way
it doesn't get out of control.
Next time I will look at the dedicated office and make some
suggestions. Do you have an issue or a question that you would like me to
discuss in a future post? Would you like to be a guest writer? Send me your
ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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