The Interior Design Business Handbook :A Complete Guide to Profitability

Publication subTitle :A Complete Guide to Profitability

Author: Mary V. Knackstedt  

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year: 2002

E-ISBN: 9780471227502

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780471412328

Subject: TU Architectural Science;TU238 architectural decoration

Language: ENG

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Description

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.

Chapter

Contents

pp.:  1 – 8

Preface

pp.:  8 – 10

Acknowledgments

pp.:  10 – 14

Chapter 2 Starting a Business

pp.:  16 – 44

Chapter 3 Planning For Profit and Growth

pp.:  44 – 66

Chapter 4 Setting Up a Design Studio

pp.:  66 – 78

Chapter 5 Developing a Team of Staff and Consultants

pp.:  78 – 94

Chapter 6 Marketing and Selling

pp.:  94 – 132

Chapter 7 Succeeding in Project Management

pp.:  132 – 206

Chapter 8 Charging For Your Services

pp.:  206 – 232

Chapter 9 Working With Sources and Contractors

pp.:  232 – 256

Chapter 10 Managing Your Office

pp.:  256 – 286

Chapter 11 Mastering Financial Management

pp.:  286 – 328

Chapter 12 Growing as a Professional

pp.:  328 – 386

Recommended Reading

pp.:  386 – 392

Design Schools

pp.:  392 – 396

Index

pp.:  396 – 402

LastPages

pp.:  402 – 412

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