1st Edition

Business Organisation for Construction

By Chris March Copyright 2009
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

With a user-friendly style and a strong theoretical base, Business Organisation for Construction provides readers with the tools required to skillfully and successfully operate a business in today's construction industry. Arranged into three sections, Chris March explains: strategy and vision, business finance and the market place the organization, recruitment, support, motivation and... Read more

1. Pioneers of Management Theory  2. Organisations  3. The Legal Establishment of Businesses  4. Strategic Planning  5. Marketing  6. Leadership and Team Building  7. Team or Group Working  8. Human Resources Management  9. Managing Stress  10. Risk Analysis and Management  11. Communications

Biography

Chris March is a graduate from the University of Manchester. He worked for John Laing Construction and later for John Laing Concrete where he became Factory Manager. On entering higher education he worked in both the UK and Hong Kong before joining the University of Salford becoming Senior Lecturer and then the Dean of the Faculty of the Environment.He is a former winner of the Council for Higher Education Construction Industry Partnership Award for Innovation.