Practice Management: New Perspectives for the Construction Professional

Contributors. Preface. Part 1: Editorial. Practice management: an emerging discipline - P S Barrett and A R Males. Part 2: The business environment. Liability in practice management - S W Donohoe What is good for women is good for men: action research aimed at increasing the proportion of women in construction - A W Gale Recruitment in the 90s and beyond - towards an understanding of the effects of the demographic changes on the construction professions - B Sloan Part 3: Changing roles and marketing. Case studies of architectural practice - M Symes and J Eley. The procurement of architectural design services, particularly regarding design and build contracts - M P Nicholson Q1 + R1 = AT? - N D Schofield and B Sloan Building survey in the 1990s - strategies for success - M J Cuthbert The marketing of design services to regular and irregular construction industry clients - Fisher Marketing for the professional service firm - A F T Payne Growth within the architectural profession - D Y Davies Part 4: Developing the client's brief. Obsolescence - a holistic view for professionals - B L Golton From client's brief to end of use: the pursuit of quality - E Bejder Clients, designers and contractors: the harmony of able design teams - J A Powell Procurement strategies and technological innovation - C H Davidson Clients and professionals: the interface - R N Gameson The use of computer systems to improve communication between clients and construction professionals during the briefing process - J Hudson, R N Gameson and J P Murray Risk analysis of fixed price housing contract - J Birnie and A Yates Part 5: Effective management procedures. Development and use of quality systems in construction companies - E Bejeder Certification: a disservice to quality assurance - O Sjoholt Total quality management in construction management practice - R Baden Hellard Project management in the construction professions _- A R Atkinson Construction-related professionals in the public sector: organisational objectives and performance assessment - L Ruddock Tenders for small works - an empirical study - G Senior Part 6: Data management. Establishing an information section - A J Hadland Managing product selection - a database for cladding systems - A C Payne, D W Churcher and K S Virdi Computerised office management for professional practices in construction - P Lewis Computerised site surveys - R J Spencer Part 7: Managing people. Creativity and the prima donna practice - T Rickards Motivating professionals - R Moxley The value of keypersons in professional firms - P S Barrett and K Ostergren The management of change in creative engineering design offices - K G Smith The impact of new procurement methods on the management of professional offices and effective leadership styles - B D Greenhalgh Part 8: Educating professionals. Management development: an international study - R A Burgess, R B D Brown and J R Riddick Mid-career training needs of structural engineers involved in design office management - K G Smith and O Miquel The adoption of interactive media in construction - E F Frinch Index of keywords.