Facilities Manager's Desk Reference - Softcover

Wiggins, Jane M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118462947 ISBN 13: 9781118462942

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

Synopsis

An invaluable source of highly relevant, practical information on the all the principal FM services, written for the practicing facilities manager in an easily readable, concise format.

To help the facilities manager meet the needs of their organisation, the Facilities Manager’s Desk Reference provides the facilities manager with an invaluable source of highly relevant, practical information on the all the principal FM services, as well as information on legal compliance issues, the development of strategic policies and tactical best practice information.  

Fully updated over the first edition, and presented in an easily readable, concise format with a clear practitioner perspective, the book covers both hard and soft facilities management issues. It will be a first point of reference for all busy facilities managers, saving them time by providing access to the information needed to ensure the safe, effective and efficient running of any facilities function. 

• Fully updated over the 1st edition, it contains all the essential data covering the principal FM services
• Highly practical, aimed at the busy FM practitioner
• Saves time by bringing together essential, useful and practical information
• Benefits students whose courses do not prepare them for the practicalities of professional practice

About this title

From the Back Cover:

It is well recognised that excellent facilities management has a very positive effect on the achievement of organisational goals. In the process of delivering high levels of service the facilities manager will face a range of complex and often challenging tasks, sometimes concerned with a single business premises, often across an entire property portfolio. To assist the busy facilities manager, the Facilities Manager’s Desk Reference provides an invaluable source of concise, highly relevant and practical information on all the principal FM services, as well as information on legal compliance issues, the development of strategic policies and tactical best practice.

Fully updated over the first edition, the Facilities Manager’s Desk Reference covers both hard and soft FM issues with a clear practitioner perspective. It will be a first point of reference for all busy facilities managers, saving time by providing all the information needed to ensure excellence in the provision of safe, effective and efficient facilities service. It will also serve as a useful overview for students studying for their professional and academic qualifications in facilities management.

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About the Author:

Jane Wiggins MBA, CFM, DMS, MInstAM, BSc (Hons), FBIFM has over twenty-five years’ experience of facilities management, project delivery and provision of business support services in major blue chip organisations and the education sector. With expertise in operational and strategic aspects of facilities management, Jane speaks and writes extensively on the subject and has taught many hundreds of Facilities Management students in past 10 years, including the winners of the coveted BIFM Student of the Year annual award from 2004 to 2010. Nominated as one of the Top 20 Most Influential Women in FM in the UK, Jane is Director of FM Tutor & Associates Ltd, a recognised BIFM tuition centre. She is also an Associate Tutor and dissertation supervisor for the MSc in Facilities Management at the College of Estates Management. She was Chair of the British Institute of Facilities Management Education special interest group from 2003 – 2008. Formerly Programme Manager at BPP Professional Education, Jane is author of the BPP BIFM workbooks, several case studies and articles on FM across range of publications such as Croners, EFMR, Facilities Management Journal, and FM World.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118462947
• ISBN 13: 9781118462942
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 608