Staying Small Successfully: A Guide for Architects, Engineers, and Design Professionals - Hardcover

Stasiowski, Frank A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471506524 ISBN 13: 9780471506522

Publisher: Wiley, 1991

Synopsis

Total Quality Project Management is a follow up book to the original PM book authored by STASIOWSKI/BURSTEIN which ADDS significantly more content on how successful design firm PM's acheive incredible results on their projects. Packed with TOOLS, CASE STUDIES and a hard hitting narrative that drives people to improve project results, this book is focused on PROJECT MANAGEMENT of all types of professional design projects.

About this title

About the Author

About the author Frank A. Stasiowski is President of PSMJ RESOURCES, INC., a professional consulting firm with clients from among the top 500 design firms in the country. A registered architect with several advanced degrees, the author brings a unique perspective to design firm management, balancing practical design experience with managerial expertise. In his twenty years of practice, Mr. Stasiowski has advised over 40,000 architects, engineers, landscape architects, and interior designers on a variety of management problems. His newsletters, Professional Services Management Journal. A/E Marketing Journal, and Project Management, are read throughout the industry. Mr. Stasiowski is also the author of Negotiating Higher Design Fees, Project Management for the Design Professional, and Financial Management for the Design Professional, and 27 other titles over his career.

From the Inside Flap

In this new book by a veteran of the design industry, proven strategies are mapped out for setting up a small business or guiding an existing one to success. Using miniprofiles of successful small design firms, Staying Small Successfully pinpoints exactly what has enabled them to flourish. You’ll learn:

• How to develop effective plans and strategies. Many firms flounder because they have no vision, or plan, for the future. Chapter 1 outlines the six elements of the strategic planning process.
• How to focus your practice. Many firms spend years struggling with only "average" profit levels. Chapter 2 shows you how to double the average profit levels by focusing on a specific niche.
• How to service the client. Retaining repeat clients is one of the toughest challenges for a new company. Chapter 3 shows you how to build a loyal clientele as well as a solid reputation for impeccable service.
• How to hire the best and the brightest. Chapter 4 describes how to make your company a magnet for top talent.
• How to manage the bottom line. Chapter 6 shows you how to measure the financial health of your firm with key financial measures —using only a one page report.
• How to master the psychology of winning. Chapter 9 details the tough choices you must make when running a small firm and their impact on your firm’s style, flow, and ultimate success.

You’ll also have instant access to useful resources—like checklists and flowcharts plus numerous appendices containing a listing of design firm management consultants, a typical marketing plan, a survey of typical marketing costs, and a survey of successful small firms—that will put your firm quickly on track. Insightful and assuring, Staying Small Successfully shows you how to meet your profit goals and manage your growth rate—by staying small.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471506524
• ISBN 13: 9780471506522
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320