The discipline of facilities management (FM) is often depicted as a support service or technical function, and remains a largely unrecognised profession. Blamed for incurring high maintenance costs or constraining a n organisation's performance with a lack of facilities services, the FM is beset with a poor self image. Yet, effective and efficient FM contribute to an organisation's vision of productivity, good repute, and risk management, and play a major role in attracting and retaining talent.

What knowledge and skills do you need to be a strategic resource t o your organisation? How do you enable a safe, secure,comfortable, and productive workplace? How do you add value in a way that matters to your organisation?

This book answers all these questions and more. This book is intended for easy reading, especially for busy FM practitioners, to share practical strategies and solutions that facilities management can use to be a business advantage to organisations. It gives you a blueprint integrate your own value-based FM ,and become your organisation's valued resource in achieving their bottom line.