1. What approaches to securing facility space has your organization (preferably your current or most recent organization) used or planned to use?

2. Please provide one example and compare your findings with the information in your readings or other relevant resources.

3. What lessons have you learned from this experience?

4. Identify one problematic issue or challenge that exists when negotiating lease agreements and outline how it could be addressed.

5. Your course readings list several overall objectives that a manager may have with respect to facility maintenance. Comment on how your organization's approach to maintenance compares to these objectives. (In other words, use a gap analysis to identify gaps between what the reading recommends and what your organization is actually doing to meet these objectives.)

6. What needs to be changed in your organization's current maintenance practices to allow you to meet the above objectives?