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In Australia, several universities have done exactly this - replace offices shared workspaces plus bookable meeting rooms - to no obvious ill-effect.
Commented Aug 13, 2016 on Rethinking the traditional academic office at Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
Rethinking the traditional academic office
During my time as a professor, I've had a series of offices with a series of big, solid, 1970s oak desks. I have never worked at these desks. They're useless for computing, as they're the wrong height. They're useless for explaining things to students, because they aren't designed for two or ...
Not sure the invisible college always wins; at the top of the academic ladder institution matters a lot ("I'm a Harvard economist").
Commented Feb 8, 2016 on Can universities persuade professors to act like employees? Should they even try? at Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
Can universities persuade professors to act like employees? Should they even try?
As university employees, professors have a fiduciary obligation to act in their employer's best interests. The number one interest of a university is financial survival, and the key to survival is reputation, because reputation attracts students, faculty, and donors. A university's reputation, t...
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