Professional Management of a Solicitors Practice
Martin Read(Editor)
Sweet & Maxwell (Publisher)
Published in October 1993
Book
451 pages
978-0-85121-978-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book will provide the solicitor with the information and guidance on how best to run a practice. There will be in-depth coverage of strategic planning, financial management and information technology, including detailed guidance on quality initiatives such as BS 5750 and total quality management. The format of the work will encompass all the relevant management techniques including: corporate strategy; marketing; human resources management; quality control; financial management and most importantly the practical uses and potential benefits of using information technology. This work should ensure partners know how to apply the business techniques currently used in the commercial world to ensure the smooth running of their practices.
This book will provide the solicitor with the information and guidance on how best to run a practice. There will be in-depth coverage of strategic planning, financial management and information technology, including detailed guidance on quality initiatives such as BS 5750 and total quality management. The format of the work will encompass all the relevant management techniques including: corporate strategy; marketing; human resources management; quality control; financial management and most importantly the practical uses and potential benefits of using information technology. This work should ensure partners know how to apply the business techniques currently used in the commercial world to ensure the smooth running of their practices.
This book will provide the solicitor with the information and guidance on how best to run a practice. There will be in-depth coverage of strategic planning, financial management and information technology, including detailed guidance on quality initiatives such as BS 5750 and total quality management. The format of the work will encompass all the relevant management techniques including: corporate strategy; marketing; human resources management; quality control; financial management and most importantly the practical uses and potential benefits of using information technology. This work should ensure partners know how to apply the business techniques currently used in the commercial world to ensure the smooth running of their practices.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
d.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
2100 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85121-978-3 (9780851219783)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
D. Andrews | P. Purton
Organization and Management of a Solicitor's Practice
Loose-leaf edition
10/1981
Sweet & Maxwell
€160.44
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Content
Part 1 Managing for success: quality initiatives, Martin Read; marketing, Matthew Moore; human resources, Judith Barras; quality control and performance standards; BS 5750, total quality management and legal aid franchising, John Cross. Part 2 Financial management, Hugh Aldous - deciding the strategy and setting the objectives: where is the practice now; where does the practice want to be; setting the objectives; establishing the best reporting system to deliver the objectives - budgeting and forecasting, accounting policies, capturing data, reporting, controls and influencing the future; rewarding the partners and looking after their interests; financial requirements that are specific to solicitor's; the warning signs of a practice that has got it wrong. Part 3 Information technology, Neil Cameron: general issues - current issues for law firms, history of UK legal systems, management of IT in law firms, human resources issues; IT issues for law firms - general, client/contract databases, office system functionality, professional support systems; communications, time recording ad billing, accounting, management information systems; incorporation and groups, Martin Read; professional ethics and SCB, Michael McKean; library, L9oyita Worley; financial services, Bob Butler.