Architect's essentials of professional development / Jean R. Valence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valence, Jean R.

Series:

Architect's essentials of professional practice series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architects--In-service training.

Architects.

Architecture--Study and teaching.

Architecture.

Architectural firms--Management.

Architectural firms.

Physical Description:

xvi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2003]

Summary:

The architect's interest in continuing education has increased as a result of the national trend of state initiatives requiring continuing education for architect registration Architect's Essentials of Professional Development assists registered architects and architecture firms in designing their own professional development programme in the context of professional practice l Information on this subject is in high demand l Covers strategic planning, programme design and assessment while taking into consideration the culture of different design firms l Assessment worksheets and questionnaires allow readers to personalise their books while discovering and implementing their own professional development goals and strategies l Practical, applied, concise, affordable and user-friendly

Contents:

1 Competitive Edge 1

Competitive Edge and Professional Development 3

2 Strategy 25

FreemanWhite: Connecting Business and Educational Plans 31

Moving from Strategic Principles to Strategic Plan 34

The Lukmire Partnership: A Succinct Five-Year Plan 45

Assessing Learning Strategy 48

3 Assessment 53

The Assessment Pyramid 54

4 Program Planning and Design 83

Planning: Means-to-Needs 84

Designing the Umbrella Program 89

Designing Individual Learning Units: Snapshots 102

5 Curriculum 115

Curriculum Design 116

Course Design 129

6 Coaching and Lessons Learned 139

Variations on Lessons Learned 146

7 Mentoring 155

Finding Good Mentors 157

Institutionalizing Mentoring 160

Strategy 161

Peer Mentoring 169

8 Implementation 177

Implementation Timeline 179

9 Evaluation 203

Evaluating the Learning System 203

Evaluating Learning 205

Mavericks and Sole Proprietors 220

10 Learning from Learning 223

Learning for Competitive Advantage 224

Learning Hard Lessons 226

Three Beneficial Lessons 228

The Third Lesson 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240) and index.

ISBN:

0471236918

OCLC:

51607396