The Architect's Guide to Small Firm Management: Making Chaos Work for Your Small Firm

The definitive guide to management success for sole practitioners and leaders of small design firms
Owning and operating a small architectural design firm can be challenging, with tight project deadlines, on-the-fly meetings, rush proposals, and fluctuating workloads as part of the firm's day-to-day activities. To help small firm owners cope with the chaos and prepare for the unexpected, here is The Architect's Guide to Small Firm Management, a no-nonsense guide to repurposing daily demands into workable, goal-directed solutions.

Crucial topics such as self-aware leadership, people management, technology, financial health, scenario planning, sustainable practice, and future trends are examined using real-life case studies and business model paradigms. This definitive text explores the whole system experience of a small firm practice to deliver organizational strategies proven to keep a firm's creative mission on a steady, productive path.

The Architect's Guide to Small Firm Management addresses how small firm owners can:

Deal effectively with unexpected circumstances and shifting work requirements

Meet the demands of the marketplace while creating a satisfying workplace

Set and achieve goals in an environment of constant change

This book is a must-have for those facing the often harsh reality of managing small design firms in a difficult and changing economy. Entrepreneurial architects and designers will discover how to define their own personal and professional meanings of success, as well as how to refocus their business approach to replace long, unrewarding hours with manageable, satisfying ones. |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

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• Published by

  John Wiley & Sons Inc.

• Publish Date

  May 01, 2010 

• Print ISBN

  9780470466483

• eBook ISBN

  9780470916858

• Imprint

  John Wiley & Sons Inc.

• Filesize

  2.19 MB

• Number of Print Pages*

  240

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