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Architect's Essentials of Professional Development
Contributor(s): Valence, Jean R. (Author)
ISBN: 0471236918     ISBN-13: 9780471236917
Publisher: Wiley
OUR PRICE:   $47.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2003
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Annotation: Easy access to crucial business information for design professionals

Find the concise, practical business information you need right now in the Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice Series. These authoritative guides quickly make you an instant expert on the best business practices crucial for success in today's design and construction professions. Each portable, affordable, user-friendly volume gives you:

  • Authoritative advice from leading national figures
  • Flip-and-find access to critical business information
  • Bulleted lists and callout boxes for quick reference
  • Clear, insightful explanations of complex business topics

Architect's Essentials of Professional Development provides concise, how-to guidelines for establishing a proprietary professional development program for design firms and individual professionals dedicated to leadership in the marketplace. A national expert offers advice for planning, designing, and assessing a continuing skill-building program, including three practice-friendly approaches: training, lessons learned, and mentoring. Customizing programs to meet the needs of your firm is easy with a broad range of best practices from large and small firms and with useful pedagogical materials, such as worksheets, questionnaires, and assessment forms.

Architect's Essentials of Professional Development is a versatile and powerful resource for design firms of all specialties.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Study & Teaching
Dewey: 720.715
LCCN: 2003002098
Series: Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.38" W x 8.46" (0.72 lbs) 249 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
The architect's interest in continuing education has increased as a result of the national trend of state initiatives requiring continuing education for architect registration
Architect's Essentials of Professional Development assists registered architects and architecture firms in designing their own professional development programme in the context of professional practice
l Information on this subject is in high demand
l Covers strategic planning, programme design and assessment while taking into consideration the culture of different design firms
l Assessment worksheets and questionnaires allow readers to personalise their books while discovering and implementing their own professional development goals and strategies
l Practical, applied, concise, affordable and user-friendly