The book is structured into sections around 3 main themes: managing the organisation; and managing specific issues that affect operations, and a third section reflects upon management from practitioner experience.
Section I: 'Managing the organisation' looks at how the history of the firm creates both opportunities and rigidities for developing the practice, in terms of culture and market position, strategies and implementation, financial, marketing and HR management.
Section II: 'Managing specific strategic and tactical issues' looks at how these affect approaches a discipline and operational processes in practices. These issues compliment those covered in Section I.
Section III: 'Reflecting on practice' covers experience of those in practice and top practitioners detail how they are addressing key issues in their practice and for their discipline. Each chapter by a practitioner has a postscript from academic authors to make links back to research on theory and application.
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Managing the Professional Practice in the built environment explores these key challenges facing today’s practice managers under three main themes: Section I: Overview in Scope and Context of Managing the Professional Practice looks at how the history of the firm creates both opportunities and rigidities for developing the practice, in terms of culture and market position, strategies and implementation, finance, marketing and HR management. Section II: Managing Specific Issues in the Professional Practice explores how these affect approaches to discipline and operational processes in practices. Section III: Reflections upon Practice covers experiences of those in practice, with top practitioners detailing how they are addressing key issues in their practice and for their discipline.
Each chapter, by a practitioner, has a postscript from academic authors to make links back to research on theory and application. The emphasis throughout is to examine issues influencing the culture, strategies and management operations of professional practices. The book draws upon concepts and experiences in practice from smaller growing practices to large international firms in the built environment.
Hedley Smyth, Senior Lecturer, School of Construction and Project Management, The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL.
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Book Description Condition: New. This book aims to explore the key issues influencing the culture, strategy and operations of professional practices in the built environment. The focus is upon established practices - particularly growing ones - and larger international firms. Editor(s): Smyth, Hedley. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 246 x 22. Weight in Grams: 690. . 2011. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781405199759
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Book Description Condition: New. This book aims to explore the key issues influencing the culture, strategy and operations of professional practices in the built environment. The focus is upon established practices - particularly growing ones - and larger international firms. Editor(s): Smyth, Hedley. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 246 x 22. Weight in Grams: 690. . 2011. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781405199759