Architect''s Guide to Running a Practice

Informationen zum Autor David Littlefield Zusammenfassung Gives you an insight into the problems and challenges faced when setting up a design business. This handbook helps you consider whether or not you should set up on your own, examining issues such as financing, office space, IT and working out a business plan. It illustrates how different kinds of practice develop into successful businesses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface! Introduction! 1 Money! 2 Marketing! 3 Staying Small! 4 Managing Growth! 5 Office Management! 6 IT! Appendices! A Debt collection! B PR - In-house VS Consultant! C Framework Agreements! D Management structure at AEDAS! E Employment Contracts! F Practice administration! G Business models! H Contacts

Product details

• Authors: David Littlefield, Littlefield David
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2004
• EAN: 9780750660990
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-6099-0
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Architecture: professional practice, Civil engineering, surveying and building