Departmental Layouts that Maximize Closeness Desirability For the office layout shown below, determine the closeness desirability rating using the rating table below. Treat the hallway as if it doesn't exist (ie, the Production and Accounting Departments touch each other). Can you find a more desirable layout? How could you use both the distance traveled and the closeness desirability in assessing the layout alternatives? Can you find a layout resulting in relatively high scores using both types of criteria? Management Production Engineering (3) Reception (4) (1) (2) Files (5) Accounting (6) Purchasing (7) Sales (8) Closeness Desirabilities between Departments (5) (6) (7)