Guide to Managerial Persuasion and Influence
Author: Jane Thomas
This brief, reader-friendly guide focuses on the kinds of persuasion employed by business people in their day-to-day work. It considers such factors as organizational relationships and culture, and the context of every persuasive act of communication. KEY TOPICS Specific chapter topics cover developing your argument, checking your logic, analyzing your audience, motivating your audience, studying the organization, and considering the intercultural environment. For managers and assistant managers—and anyone responsible for a staff—who needs to communicate in a persuasive and compelling way.
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The Architect's Guide to Design-Build Services
Author: The American Institute of Architects
The definitive resource for designer-led projects
The Architect's Guide to Design-Build Services offers authoritative knowledge and industry insight to architects considering entry into the burgeoning practice of design-build project delivery. Written by architects and other professionals with expertise in risk management, law, ethics, finance, and contracts, this instructive guide addresses the roles architects can assume during a design-build project, including leading the project, acting as subcontractor, and forming a joint venture with a contractor.
Developed by the AIA Design-Build Professional Interest Area, this book offers the real-world expertise of thirty industry leaders from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, who share their experience and know-how on such topics as:
• Starting out in design-build
• Risks and rewards of design-build delivery
• Succeeding in a design-build practice
• Design-build education
• Essential practice information
• Ethics and licensing laws
State laws regulating both architects and contractors are summarized to help busy firms bring design-build projects through to successful completion in a variety of jurisdictions.
The Architect's Guide to Design-Build Services is the most complete, definitive resource for architects, contractors, and attorneys involved in designer-led projects.
Table of Contents:
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Author Biographies | ||
| Ch. 1 | Introduction to Design-Build | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Design Services in Design-Build | 29 |
| Ch. 3 | The Architect as Contractor | 39 |
| Ch. 4 | The RFP and Selection Process | 75 |
| Ch. 5 | Design-Build Contracts | 103 |
| Ch. 6 | Insurance and Bonding for Design-Build | 143 |
| Ch. 7 | Managing the Project | 161 |
| Ch. 8 | Design-Build on Government Projects | 213 |
| Ch. 9 | Finance and Real Estate Development | 231 |
| Ch. 10 | Residential Design-Build | 259 |
| Ch. 11 | Legal Concerns in Design-Build | 281 |
| Ch. 12 | Licensing Laws for Architects and Contractors | 319 |
| Ch. 13 | International Design-Build | 335 |
| Ch. 14 | Design-Build Education | 373 |
| App. to Ch. 4 | AIA Position Statement Regarding Design-Build | 287 |
| App. to Ch. 12 | State-by-State Requirements for Architects and Contractors | 389 |
| App. to Ch. 13 | Guide for the Calculation of Remuneration for Design-Build Proposals | 421 |
| Index | 425 |
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