Managing the professional practice in the built environment /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smyth, Hedley
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Series:Wiley online library.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Section I: Overview in Scope and Context of Managing the Professional Practice. Structures, Management and Markets / Hedley Smyth
  • Strategic Management of Professional Practice / Graham Winch
  • Cross-Functional Coordination / Antti Ainamo
  • Challenges of Growth in a Medium-Sized Engineering Design Consultancy / Andrew Edkins, James Barrett, Hedley Smyth
  • Sustainability into Practice / David Shiers, Tim Dixon, Miles Keeping
  • Section II: Managing Specific Issues in the Professional Practice. Equipping Project Teams for Competitions / Beatrice Manzoni
  • Client Management and Identification / Hedley Smyth, Sofia Kioussi
  • How Thin to Win / Kathy Roper
  • Innovation in Professional Service Providers / Stephen Pryke
  • Section III: Reflections upon Practice. The Make Experience / Ken Shuttleworth
  • Squaring the Circle / Larry Malcic
  • Innovation in the Construction Sector / Jeremy Watson
  • Managing a Project Management Division / Andrew McSmythurs
  • Developing Capacity in an Emergent Market / Robert McIntosh
  • Branding Professional Services / Kate McGhee
  • The First 20 Years / Mike Nightingale
  • Reflection on the Redevelopment of the University of Tokyo Hospital / Shinichi Okada, Makoto Nanbuya
  • Beyond the First Generation / David Stanford
  • Changes in UK Construction Professional Services Firms in the Late 20th Century / Jim Meikle
  • Conclusion
  • Acronyms
  • Index.