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Franklin Becker

Professor
3M02 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
DEA
 
Phone: (607) 255-1950
Fax: (607) 255-0305
Email: fdb2@cornell.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

Biographical Statement:
Franklin Becker
Professor
Dept. Design & Environmental Analyis/College of Human Ecology


Academic Expertise
My area of expertise is organizational ecology; that is, I study the way in which the planning, design, and management of  complex organizations such as hospitals and large corporations and R&D units affect how individuals, teams, and organizations function.

Current Professional Activities
Professor Becker is a founding editor of the Journal of Corporate Real Estate and the Journal of Facilities Management, and is on the Advisory Board of the Health Environments Research and Design Journal. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a member of the International Facility Management Association.

Current Research Activities
Professor Becker's current research focuses on health and design.  Specifically, he is involved with studies examining 1) the relationship of the physical design of outpatient facilities, including Emergency Departments, on patients, staff, and family; and 2) the influence of nursing unit design on communication and interaction patterns among multi-disciplinary clinical teams; and the effects of such communication on informal learning, job stress and patient safety.

Extension
Member of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Project Work Council (PWC) for Quality of Life for Individuals and Families. Professor Becker speaks often nationally and internationally on issues related to innovative workplace strategies.

Courses Taught
DEA 451/659 - Seminar in Facility Planning and Management

DEA 453/653 - Planning and Managing the Workplace: The Ecology of the Healthcare Environment


Education
PhD 1972 - University of California, Davis
Social and Environmental Psychology
BA 1968 - University of California, Davis
Psychology


Related Websites
iwsp.human.cornell.edu/


Published: 2008
Harris, D.D., Joseph, A., Becker, F., Hamilton, D.K., Shepley, M.M., and C. Zimring. The Practitioners Guide To Evidence-Based Healthcare Design. Concord, CA.: Center for Health Design, 2008.

Published: 2008
Becker, F., Sweeney, B., and K. Parsons. (2008) Ambulatory facility design and patients perceptions of healthcare quality, Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 1(4), 35-54.

Published: 2008
Becker, F., and Jones-Douglass, S. (2008) The ecology of the patient visit: Physical attractiveness, waiting times, and perceived quality of care, J. Ambulatory Care Management., 31(2), 124-137.

Published:  2007
Citation: Becker, F. The ecology of knowledge networks. California Management Review. 49(2), 1-20. 

Published: 2007
Citation:  Becker, F.  Closing the research-design gap, Implications, 5(10), 1-5.

Published:  2007
Citation: Nursing unit design and communication patterns:  What is "real" work? Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 1(1), 1-20.

Published: 2007
Citation:  Becker, F., and Parsons, KI.S.  Hospital facilities and the role of evidence-based design. Journal of Facilities Management, 5(4), 263-274.

Published: 2004
Citation: Becker, F. (2004) Offices At Work: Uncommon Workscape Strategies that Add Value and Improve Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

Published: 2003
Citation: Becker, F., and Pearce, A. (2003) Considering Corporate Real Estate and Human Resource Factors in an Integrated Cost Model." Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 5(3), 221-242

Published: 2003
Citation: Becker, F., and Sims, W., et al (2003) Interaction, identity and collocation: What value is a corporate campus?, Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 5(4), 344-366.

Courses Taught:

DEA 4510/6590 - Seminar in Facility Planning and Management

DEA 4530/6530 - Planning and Managing the Workplace: The Ecology of the Healthcare Environment

Current Professional Activities:
Professor Becker is a founding editor of the Journal of Corporate Real Estate and the Journal of Facilities Management, and is on the Advisory Board of the Health Environments Research & Design Journal. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a member of the Center for Health Design's research advisory board. 

Education:
  • PhD 1972 - University of California, Davis Social and Environmental Psychology
  • M.S. 1970-Boston University, Social Psychology
  • BA 1968 - University of California, Davis Psychology

    • Related Websites:
    http://iwsp.human.cornell.edu

    Current Research Activities:
    Professor Becker is Director of the International Workplace Studies Program (IWSP). His current research focuses on  health and design. Specifically, several studies have or are examining the relation between the design of both in-patient and ambulatory hospital facilities and emergency departments on patients' perceived quality of care, on nurses' stress and job satisfaction, and on informal communication and interaction patterns of multi-disciplinary patient care teams.   


    Selected Publications:


    Harris, D.D., Joseph, A., Becker, F., Hamilton, D.K., Shelpley, M.M., and C. Zimring.  The Practitioner's Guide To Evidence-Based Healthcare Design.  Concord: CA.: The Center for Health Design, 2008.

    Becker, F., Sweeney, B., and K. Parsons. (2008) Ambulatory facility design and patients' perceptions of healthcare quality, Health Environments Research and Design, 1(4), 35-54.

    Becker, F., and Jones-Douglas, S. (2008) The ecology of the patient visit: Attractiveness, waiting times, and perceived quality of care. J. Ambulatory Healthcare Design, 31(2), 124-137. 

    Becker, F. (2007) The ecology of knowledge networks. California Management Review. 49(2), 1-20. 

    Becker, F. Closing the research-design gap, Implications, 5(10), 1-5.

    Nursing unit design and communication patterns: What is "real" work? Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 1(1), 1-20.

    Becker, F., and Parsons, KI.S. Hospital facilities and the role of evidence-based design. Journal of Facilities Management, 5(4), 263-274.

    Becker, F. (2004) Offices At Work: Uncommon Workscape Strategies that Add Value and Improve Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

    Becker, F., and Sims, W., et al (2003) Interaction, identity and collocation: What value is a corporate campus?, Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 5(4), 344-366.

    Becker, F., and Pearce, A. (2003) Considering Corporate Real Estate and Human Resource Factors in an Integrated Cost Model." Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 5(3), 221-242

    Becker, F. (2002) Organizational Dilemmas and Worksplace Solutions. Journal of Corporate Real Estate 4(2), 129-150.

    Becker, F. (2002) Improving organizational performance by exploiting workplace flexibility, Journal of Facilities, 1(2), 154-163.

    Becker, F. (2001) Organizational Agility and the Knowledge Infrastructure, Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 3(1), 28-37.

    Becker, F. (2000) Integrated Portfolio Strategies for Dynamic Organizations, Facilities, 18)10-12), 411-420.


    Administrative Responsibilities:
    Chair, Department Design & Environmental Analysis
    College of Human Ecology
    Cornell University

    Director, International Workplace Studies Program
    College of Human Ecology
    Cornell University





    Current Extension Activities:
    Member, Cornell Cooperative Extension Quality of Life program.

    The information on this bio page is taken from the CHE Annual Report.