{"product_id":"managing-the-professional-practice-9781405199759","title":"Managing the Professional Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.  \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection II: ''Managing specific strategic and tactical issues'' looks at how these affect approaches a disc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the authors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction (\u003ci\u003eHedley Smyth\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I Overview in Scope and Context of Managing the Professional Practice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Structures, management and markets (\u003ci\u003eHedley Smyth\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Strategic management of professional practice: The case of architecture (\u003ci\u003eGraham Winch\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Cross-functional coordination: Conceptual model and its application in professional design practice (\u003ci\u003eAntti Ainamo\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Challenges of growth in a medium-sized engineering design consultancy (\u003ci\u003eAndrew Edkins, James Barrett and Hedley Smyth\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Sustainability into practice: How the sustainable development agenda has impacted on the surveying profession (\u003ci\u003eDavid Shiers, Tim Dixon and Miles Keeping\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II Managing Specific Issues in the Professional Practice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Equipping project teams for competitions: Architecture practices in the Italian market (\u003ci\u003eBeatrice Manzoni\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Client management and identification (\u003ci\u003eHedley Smyth and Sofia Kioussi\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 How thin to win: FM service provision issues (\u003ci\u003eKathy Roper\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Innovation in professional service providers: UK quantity surveying practices (\u003ci\u003eStephen Pryke\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III Reflections upon Practice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The make experience (\u003ci\u003eKen Shuttleworth\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Squaring the circle: Delivering international services locally (\u003ci\u003eLarry Malcic\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Innovation in the construction sector (\u003ci\u003eJeremy Watson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Managing a project management division (\u003ci\u003eAndrew McSmythurs\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Developing capacity in an emergent market (\u003ci\u003eRobert McIntosh\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Branding professional services: Making the intangible tangible (\u003ci\u003eKate McGhee\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 The first 20 years (\u003ci\u003eMike Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Reflection on the redevelopment of the University of Tokyo Hospital: The last 26 years (\u003ci\u003eShinichi Okada and Makoto Nanbuya (translated by Junko Iwaya\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 Beyond the first generation (\u003ci\u003eDavid Stanford\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 Changes in UK construction professional services firms in the late 20th century (\u003ci\u003eJim Meikle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion (\u003ci\u003eHedley Smyth\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcronyms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529342722391,"sku":"9781405199759","price":63.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405199759.jpg?v=1731875241","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/managing-the-professional-practice-9781405199759","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}