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The Facility Planning and Management Concentration is a multi-disciplinary program that draws on research, concepts, theory, and experience from the fields of facility management, psychology, organizational behavior, architecture and design, real estate, and business. The program focuses on the planning, design, and management of facilities for large, complex organizations such as corporations, health care institutions and universities. The focus is more on planning and management than on facilities operations and maintenance, though students are familiarized with issues in these areas. It also stresses how good facilities planning, design and management can help organizations' leverage their scarce resources of time, money and people to strengthen their competitive advantage. Through course work, often involving real clients, students develop the ability to analyze and develop programmatic requirements and workspace strategy, as well as implementation and evaluation strategies for workspace solutions that help organizations effectively plan, design, and manage their facilities to meet organizational goals. Students may minor in many fields, but two of particular interest are:
Careers Graduates typically take positions in corporate facility planning and management departments in large organizations (e.g., IBM, Goldman Sachs, Toyota Motor), in workplace strategy units in large consulting firms (e.g., Price Waterhouse Coopers), and in the workplace consulting units of architectural and planning firms (e.g., Gensler, HOK, Nelson). Job functions in these departments range from project management, workspace analysis and space forecasting to developing, managing, and analyzing facility databases, workspace change management, and evaluation of workspace solutions. Salaries and career advancement are excellent. M.S. Requirements Required courses in each of the four categories listed and outlined below provide students in the Facility Planning and Management concentration with a working knowledge of basic methods, procedures, concepts and research in this field. (In those cases where students come to Cornell having taken comparable courses they can petition to waive that course; or, if they believe they have gained a working knowledge of the material in the required courses through practical experience, they can petition to test out of that course. In either case, students are expected to work with their advisor to substitute other courses for those that are waived.) Facility Planning, Design and Management Students attain a basic level of understanding and competency in three areas. First is an understanding of facilities themselves and their components, including; the site and related systems; building systems and related technologies; building interiors including layouts, furnishings, finishes and equipment. Secondly, students attain basic competence in the techniques or procedures of facility planning and management. This includes techniques for analyzing, programming, planning, designing, constructing, managing, maintaining, operating and evaluating facilities. Third is an awareness of the importance of developing and maintaining facilities that are sustainable and protect the environment.
Back to M.S. Requirements menu Real Estate, Planning and Development Practices Acquiring and disposing of rented and owned property is an essential activity of facility management. Facilities comprise a significant component of corporate assets and of corporate operating costs. Managing these assets as an investment and profit center is also an important aspect of Facility Planning and Management.
Back to M.S. Requirements menu Business Management, Financial, Theory and Practice As a management function, facility management includes two levels of managerial/administrative activity, financial planning and budgeting. Students need to understand such things as capital-budgeting decisions, the cost of capital and cost allocation systems.
Back to M.S. Requirements menu Research Methods and Thesis A basic premise of the program in Facility Planning and Management at Cornell is that research derived knowledge should form the basis for practice in this newly established profession. This commitment to the development of an empirically tested knowledge base requires that students as future practitioners develop an understanding of research and research methods so that they can appreciate, evaluate and apply the new knowledge and procedures as they emerge. In addition, knowledge or research methods will enable students to carry out or to contract for, and manage effectively, research on questions of interest in planning, managing and evaluating their facilities.
*Thesis research is typically taken in each of the two semesters of the second year, with 3 credits in the third semester and 7 credits in the fourth semester. Required DEA Course Audits
Courses In Minor
Summary of Curriculum
Elective Courses of Potential Interest
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