Professional Practice Management
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
Aims and objectives
This unit explores the ethical, business, legal and legislative aspects of architectural practice. It investigates the means of establishing a business plan model for an architect including the operations, marketing, and financial planning - alongside the requirements for professional registration, insurances, and copyright.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Formulate a business plan suited to a particular architectural practice model
2. Assemble and monitor ongoing financial planning for a business
3. Describe the operations of the relevant authorities involved with the profession
4. Assess risk involved in the practice in terms of professional negligence, ethical behaviour, and insurances
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Formulate a business plan suited to a particular architectural practice model
2. Assemble and monitor ongoing financial planning for a business
3. Describe the operations of the relevant authorities involved with the profession
4. Assess risk involved in the practice in terms of professional negligence, ethical behaviour, and insurances
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
| Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact Lecture Tutorial Seminar
|
1 1 4 |
12 12 3 |
12 12 12 |
| Online Contact
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Specified Learning Activities Online readings, group work
|
4 |
12 |
48 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities | Recommended |
| 66 |
| TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Project 1 | Group | 20% | 3,4 |
| Project 2 | Group | 40% | 1,2 |
| Project 3 | Individual | 40% | 1,3,4 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
- Teamwork Skills
- Analysis Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Communication Skills
- Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
- Ability to work independently
Content
- Overview of the construction industry: an examination of the roles and responsibilities of different participants and stakeholders.
- Investigation of the role of the architect (contemporary and future) and the impact of globalised markets.
Study resources
- References.
References
Awan, Nishat, Tatjana Schneider, and Jeremy Till. Spatial Agency: Other Ways of Doing Architecture. Abingdon, Oxon
[England] ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2011.
Emmitt, Stephen. Design Management for Architects, 2014.
http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1594541.
Hyde, Rory. Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture. New York: Routledge, 2012.
Moser, Cliff. Architecture 3.0: The Disruptive Design Practice Handbook. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor &
Francis Group, 2014.
Spiller, Neil, and Nic Clear, eds. Educating Architects: How Tomorrow’s Practitioners Will Learn Today. London New
York: Thames & Hudson, 2014.
Till, Jeremy. Architecture Depends. MIT Press, 2013.
[England] ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2011.
Emmitt, Stephen. Design Management for Architects, 2014.
http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1594541.
Hyde, Rory. Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture. New York: Routledge, 2012.
Moser, Cliff. Architecture 3.0: The Disruptive Design Practice Handbook. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor &
Francis Group, 2014.
Spiller, Neil, and Nic Clear, eds. Educating Architects: How Tomorrow’s Practitioners Will Learn Today. London New
York: Thames & Hudson, 2014.
Till, Jeremy. Architecture Depends. MIT Press, 2013.