CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOT-DESK
PRESENT
Present
I hot-desk
you hot-desk
he/she/it hot-desks
we hot-desk
you hot-desk
they hot-desk
Present continuous
I am hot-desking
you are hot-desking
he/she/it is hot-desking
we are hot-desking
you are hot-desking
they are hot-desking
Present perfect
I have hot-desked
you have hot-desked
he/she/it has hot-desked
we have hot-desked
you have hot-desked
they have hot-desked
Present perfect continuous
I have been hot-desking
you have been hot-desking
he/she/it has been hot-desking
we have been hot-desking
you have been hot-desking
they have been hot-desking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I hot-desked
you hot-desked
he/she/it hot-desked
we hot-desked
you hot-desked
they hot-desked
Past continuous
I was hot-desking
you were hot-desking
he/she/it was hot-desking
we were hot-desking
you were hot-desking
they were hot-desking
Past perfect
I had hot-desked
you had hot-desked
he/she/it had hot-desked
we had hot-desked
you had hot-desked
they had hot-desked
Past perfect continuous
I had been hot-desking
you had been hot-desking
he/she/it had been hot-desking
we had been hot-desking
you had been hot-desking
they had been hot-desking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will hot-desk
you will hot-desk
he/she/it will hot-desk
we will hot-desk
you will hot-desk
they will hot-desk
Future continuous
I will be hot-desking
you will be hot-desking
he/she/it will be hot-desking
we will be hot-desking
you will be hot-desking
they will be hot-desking
Future perfect
I will have hot-desked
you will have hot-desked
he/she/it will have hot-desked
we will have hot-desked
you will have hot-desked
they will have hot-desked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hot-desking
you will have been hot-desking
he/she/it will have been hot-desking
we will have been hot-desking
you will have been hot-desking
they will have been hot-desking
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would hot-desk
you would hot-desk
he/she/it would hot-desk
we would hot-desk
you would hot-desk
they would hot-desk
Conditional continuous
I would be hot-desking
you would be hot-desking
he/she/it would be hot-desking
we would be hot-desking
you would be hot-desking
they would be hot-desking
Conditional perfect
I would have hot-desk
you would have hot-desk
he/she/it would have hot-desk
we would have hot-desk
you would have hot-desk
they would have hot-desk
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hot-desking
you would have been hot-desking
he/she/it would have been hot-desking
we would have been hot-desking
you would have been hot-desking
they would have been hot-desking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you hot-desk
we let´s hot-desk
you hot-desk
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
hot-desked
Present Participle
hot-desking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOT-DESK»
Discover the use of
hot-desk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hot-desk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contemporary Ergonomics 2002
Qualitative Data on Hot-desking Fifty-three percent of the sample reported that
they 'hot-desk'. Thirty-four percent of call handlers wrote comments when
prompted by the question 'Do you have any particular issues with 'hot-desking'
that you ...
2
Creating a Trading Floor: The Project Manager's Guide to the ...
In many cases the issues arising from team volatility can be handled by 'hot desk'
techniques. These are best planned for from an early date, using modern PC and
telephony solutions such as IP telephony. However hot desking might not be ...
3
Implementing Virtual Teams: A Guide to Organizational and ...
With the hot desk system the office allocates a number of desk spaces to the
scheme, with telephone and LAN connections. Depending on their duties,
responsibilities and daily work patterns, individuals may or may not be assigned
a ...
Abigail Edwards, John R. Wilson, 2004
4
Managing Value-Based Organizations: It's Not What You Think
This has been made possible by the installation of wireless local area networks.
When senior executives, or anyone else for that matter, come to work, they simply
find a hot-desk portal that is vacant,plug in, and get busy. One day they might be
...
Bruce Hoag, Cary L. Cooper, 2006
5
Long Distance Sleepwalker
Everything started to spin before him. 'You'll have to take orders from him now.' '
Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Have I been demoted?' 'Mmmm, sort of... Anyway,
got to go...' 'Where am I supposed to sit?' 'Oh... you'll have to 'hot desk' like the ...
This signals the "hot desk," elsewhere in headquarters, which informs him that
the license number of the getaway Olds is on the department's stolen-auto list. By
the time the dispatcher has added the hot-desk information to his original lookout
...
7
Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life From ...
The sexy names given to these cost-effective forms of musical chairs suggest the
libertarian, nomadic ethos of the alternative office. Certainly, 'hot desk' sounds
more exciting than 'shared desk' or 'no desk'. For all their passionate advocates, ...
The servers are priced from $5,000. More intriguing is Hot Desk, Sun's smart-card
technology that lets applications be directed to any desktop in the workgroup so
they don't have to be reopened. A users can freeze a word processing session, ...
The procedures for resetting a password are pretty much the same as those
mentioned above, but now an organization has to staff a hot desk at all times
requests may come in. In global organizations such a hot desk has to be
available round ...
10
Designing Commercial Interiors
Hot desk: The same as the free-address station. Its name is derived from the
reality that the desk may be “hot” from the previous user. Just-in-time: Another
type of unassigned workstation or space. An open, flexible work area that
individuals or ...
Christine M. Piotrowski, Elizabeth A. Rogers, IIDA, 2013
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOT-DESK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
hot-desk is used in the context of the following news items.
Toop&Toop eases staff 'guilt' with new investment
Toop&Toop has hired a manager for the crèche, but staff can also watch their children while working from hot-desk facilities. Head of property ... «Real Estate Business, Jul 15»
Councils warned cutting office costs is a 'false economy'
While stating that solutions couldn't come 'off the shelf', Bagust said certain improvements to office space such as dedicated hot-desk areas ... «LocalGov, Jul 15»
A return visit to the stunning city of Dundee
As well as the support fledgling start-ups have here (creative collective Fleet operates a great hot-desk operation for such firms just above a ... «Oxford Mail, Jul 15»
5 Workplace Trends That Are Making Your Job Harder
Offices that hot-desk don't have designated desks or offices. Rather, people find a new workspace each day, depending on where they want to ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jun 15»
Why hot-desking needs careful management
... equipment would face a claim of disability discrimination if the employee was expected to hot-desk and deprived of this equipment. «CIPD, Aug 14»
Hot-desking and office hire
EVERY morning workers at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Britain's public-service broadcaster, rush into New Broadcasting House ... «The Economist, May 14»
Beeb staff set to 'hot-desk' in Albert Square
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge may be seeing the cost of refurbishing Kensington Palace spiral but at least they aren't the only ones ... «Evening Standard, Mar 14»
