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68. I agree that physical workspace can affect morale and productivity and that. as a result, employees should have a significant voice in how their work areas are designed. However, the speaker suggests that each employee should have full autonomy over his or her immediate workspace, i think this view is too extreme, for it ignores two important problems that allowing too much freedom over workspace can create. On the one hand. I agree that some aspects of workspace design are best left to the individual preferences of each worker. Location of personal tools and materials, style and size of desk chair, and even desk lighting and decorative desk items, can each play an important role in a workers comfort, psychological well-being, concentration, and efficiency. Moreover, these features involve highly subjective preferences, so it would be inappropriate for anyone but the worker to make such choices. On the other hand. control over ones immediate workspace should not go unchecked, for two reasons. First, one employees workspace design may inconvenience, annoy, or even offend nearby coworkers. For example, pornographic pinups may distract some coworkers and offend others, thereby impeding productivity, | 
