Business Principles for Landscape Contracting
3rd Edition
Published on 9. April 2018
284 pages
978-1-351-84709-4 (ISBN)
Description
Business Principles for Landscape Contracting, fully revised and updated in its third edition, is an introduction to the application of business principles of financial management involved in setting up your own landscape contracting business and beginning your professional career. Appealing to students and professionals alike, it will build your knowledge of financial management tools and enable you to relate their applications to real-life business scenarios. Focusing on the importance of proactive financial management, the book serves as a primer for students in landscape architecture, contracting, and management courses and entrepreneurs within the landscape industry preparing to use business principles in practice. Topics covered include:
Financial management and accountability
Budget development
Profitable pricing and estimating
Project management
Creating a lean culture
Personnel management and employee productivity
Professional development
Economic sustainability.
Financial management and accountability
Budget development
Profitable pricing and estimating
Project management
Creating a lean culture
Personnel management and employee productivity
Professional development
Economic sustainability.
Reviews / Votes
'Business Principles of Landscape Contracting has been a valuable supplement to our curriculum. While our students earn a minor in Business Management, Dr. Cohan's excellent text helps them apply what they learn in their business courses to the Green Industry.'Phil Allen, Certified Landscape Professional, Brigham Young University, USA.
More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Zeichnung, 105 s/w Tabellen, 31 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
105 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 31 Halftones, black and white
File size
4,21 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-351-84709-4 (9781351847094)
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Business Principles for Landscape Contracting
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03/2018
3rd Edition
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Business Principles for Landscape Contracting
Book
03/2018
3rd Edition
Routledge
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Person
Steven Cohan earned his Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. His diverse professional career encompasses plant science research, entrepreneurship as an owner of a retail nursery, and executive management of botanical gardens. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, where he served as Program Director for the Landscape Management Program. His course instruction included Financial Applications for the Green Industry, Environmental Horticulture, Internship Seminar, and Green Roofs and Urban Sustainability Seminar.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
Structuring for accountability
Budget development
Profitable pricing
Estimating
Financial management
Project management
Financial ratios
Software applications
Managing human assets
Productivity basics
Creating a lean culture
Professional development
Bottom-line leadership
Economic sustainability
Appendices
Index
Acknowledgements
Structuring for accountability
Budget development
Profitable pricing
Estimating
Financial management
Project management
Financial ratios
Software applications
Managing human assets
Productivity basics
Creating a lean culture
Professional development
Bottom-line leadership
Economic sustainability
Appendices
Index
