Business Principles for Landscape Contracting

Steven Cohan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

274 Seiten

2018 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-78819-9 (ISBN)

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Business Principles of 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.

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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	12.06.2018
Zusatzinfo	105 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 31 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	793 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Architektur
	Technik ► Bauwesen
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-415-78819-6 / 0415788196
ISBN-13	978-0-415-78819-9 / 9780415788199
Zustand	Neuware