The interior design business handbook : a complete guide to profitability / Mary V. Knackstedt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knackstedt, Mary V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interior decoration firms--United States--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Interior decoration firms.

Interior decoration--United States--Marketing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Interior decoration.

Marketing.

Management.

United States.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xiii, 396 pages ; 29 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley, [2002]

Summary:

Discover how you can run the practical side of your practice more profitably. This comprehensive guide to managing an interior design business gives you an arsenal of proven procedures and practical tools and techniques perfected over the course of some thirty years. New to this edition are sections on establishing an electronic office, the pros and cons of working alone and creating partnerships, hiring and working with off-site employees, and more. It also includes more than fifty sample forms and letters, such as an existing conditions survey and a letter of transmittal, that can easily be adapted to your own uses.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Finding Your Place In Interior Design 1

Chapter 2 Starting a Business 29

Chapter 3 Planning For Profit and Growth 51

Chapter 4 Setting Up a Design Studio 63

Chapter 5 Developing a Team of Staff and Consultants 79

Chapter 6 Marketing and Selling 117

Chapter 7 Succeeding in Project Management 191

Chapter 8 Charging For Your Services 217

Chapter 9 Working With Sources and Contractors 241

Chapter 10 Managing Your Office 271

Chapter 11 Mastering Financial Management 315

Chapter 12 Growing as a Professional 371

Design Schools 385.

Notes:

Pages [153-173] are document facsimiles bearing separate pagination.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-379) and index.

ISBN:

0471412325

OCLC:

47126695

Online:

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