
Staying Small Successfully
A Guide for Architects, Engineers, and Design Professionals
Frank A. Stasiowski(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 21. August 2001
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-471-40773-7 (ISBN)
Description
Making smaller A/E/C firms more productive and moreprofitable
Want to do big things with a small company? This no-nonsense guideshows leaders of smaller architecture, engineering, and designfirms how to compete successfully against larger organizationswithout becoming one of them. It demonstrates how a smaller firmcan position itself to bring more value to its clients, operateover a larger geographical area, and develop a strategic plan forincreasing revenues and profits.
Featuring new chapters on forming strategic alliances andmaximizing the benefits of information technology, this new editionpresents updated case studies of more than fifty small designfirms. These firms have achieved remarkable success and handledlarge contracts with limited staff, and the case studies illustratehow they learned to:
* Anticipate client needs and meet them in advance
* Narrow the target market and expand the client base
* Leverage core competencies to create powerful marketingtools
* Establish strategic partnerships
* Survive and thrive during an economic downturn
Read Staying Small Successfully, Second Edition and follow itsrecommendations one step at a time. Your company will stay small,but your business, your revenues, and your profits will soar.
Want to do big things with a small company? This no-nonsense guideshows leaders of smaller architecture, engineering, and designfirms how to compete successfully against larger organizationswithout becoming one of them. It demonstrates how a smaller firmcan position itself to bring more value to its clients, operateover a larger geographical area, and develop a strategic plan forincreasing revenues and profits.
Featuring new chapters on forming strategic alliances andmaximizing the benefits of information technology, this new editionpresents updated case studies of more than fifty small designfirms. These firms have achieved remarkable success and handledlarge contracts with limited staff, and the case studies illustratehow they learned to:
* Anticipate client needs and meet them in advance
* Narrow the target market and expand the client base
* Leverage core competencies to create powerful marketingtools
* Establish strategic partnerships
* Survive and thrive during an economic downturn
Read Staying Small Successfully, Second Edition and follow itsrecommendations one step at a time. Your company will stay small,but your business, your revenues, and your profits will soar.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-40773-7 (9780471407737)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Frank A. Stasiowski
Staying Small Successfully
A Guide for Architects, Engineers and Design Professionals
Book
04/1991
Wiley
€66.79
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Person
FRANK A. STASIOWSKI, FAIA, is founder, CEO, and President of PSMJ Resources, Inc., a worldwide firm that specializes in improving the performance of A/E/C firms of all sizes and their personnel.
Content
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Planning and Strategy.
Focusing Your Practice.
Strategic Alliances.
Servicing the Client.
Personnel.
Compensation.
Managing the Bottom Line.
Information Technology.
Growth.
The Psychology of Winning.
Do's and Don'ts of Success.
Appendix A: Buy/Sell Agreements.
Appendix B: Preparing Your Marketing Plan: Techniques and What toInclude.
Appendix C: Is Your Cover Letter Making a Difference?
Recommended Reading.
Index.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Planning and Strategy.
Focusing Your Practice.
Strategic Alliances.
Servicing the Client.
Personnel.
Compensation.
Managing the Bottom Line.
Information Technology.
Growth.
The Psychology of Winning.
Do's and Don'ts of Success.
Appendix A: Buy/Sell Agreements.
Appendix B: Preparing Your Marketing Plan: Techniques and What toInclude.
Appendix C: Is Your Cover Letter Making a Difference?
Recommended Reading.
Index.