LEADER 04123nam 22006733u 450 001 9910133647403321 005 20240514003134.0 010 $a1-283-17835-4 010 $a9786613178350 010 $a1-4443-9234-4 010 $a1-4443-9236-0 035 $a(CKB)3400000000000370 035 $a(EBL)675313 035 $a(OCoLC)742333253 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000477559 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12168469 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000477559 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10512134 035 $a(PQKB)11243026 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC675313 035 $a(EXLCZ)993400000000000370 100 $a20130418d2011|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aManaging the Professional Practice $eIn the Built Environment 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicester $cWiley$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (354 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-9975-X 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; About the authors; Introduction; Aims; Objectives; The Content; Section I: Overview in Scope and Context of Managing the Professional Practice; Chapter 1: Structures, management and markets; Chapter 2: Strategic management of professional practice: The case of architecture; Chapter 3: Cross-functional coordination: Conceptual model and its application in professional design practice; Chapter 4: Challenges of growth in a medium-sized engineering design consultancy 327 $aChapter 5: Sustainability into practice: How the sustainable development agenda has impacted on the surveying professionSection II: Managing Specific Issues in the Professional Practice; Chapter 6: Equipping project teams for competitions: Architecture practices in the Italian market; Chapter 7: Client management and identification; Chapter 8: How thin to win: FM service provision issues; Chapter 9: Innovation in professional service providers: UK quantity surveying practices; Section III: Reflections upon Practice; Chapter 10: The make experience 327 $aChapter 11: Squaring the circle: Delivering international services locallyChapter 12: Innovation in the construction sector; Chapter 13: Managing a project management division; Chapter 14: Developing capacity in an emergent market; Chapter 15: Branding professional services: Making the intangible tangible; Chapter 16: The first 20 years; Chapter 17: Reflection on the redevelopment of the University of Tokyo Hospital: The last 26 years; Chapter 18: Beyond the first generation; Chapter 19: Changes in UK construction professional services firms in the late 20th century; Conclusion; Acronyms 327 $aIndex 330 $aThe emphasis here is to explore the key issues influencing the culture, strategies and management operations of professional practices. The focus is upon established practices from growing ones to large international firms in the built environment. A key aim of the book is to promote aspects of management by function and activities, with discipline acting as context rather than the primary focus. 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 practitio 606 $aConstruction industry - Management 606 $aConstruction industry --Management 606 $aConstruction industry$xManagement 606 $aBusiness & Economics$2HILCC 606 $aIndustries$2HILCC 615 4$aConstruction industry - Management. 615 4$aConstruction industry --Management. 615 0$aConstruction industry$xManagement 615 7$aBusiness & Economics 615 7$aIndustries 676 $a624.068 676 $a720.68 700 $aSmyth$b Hedley$0275497 702 $aSmyth$b Hedley 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910133647403321 996 $aManaging the Professional Practice$92206558 997 $aUNINA