STAFFING REQUIRED FOR A LARGE ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN NIGERIA
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PEDRO, O.O
ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure
Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
STAFFING REQUIRED FOR A LARGE ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN NIGERIA
STAFFING is a term used in the sphere of employment. It has been applied to more
than one aspect of the working environment. Staffing has been defined as follows by
Heneman and Judge in Staffing organisation. Staffing is the process of acquiring,
deploying, and retaining a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to create
positive impacts on the organization’s effectiveness.
ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure
Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
STAFFING REQUIRED FOR A LARGE ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN NIGERIA
AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM is a company which specializes in providing
architectural services to clients. Such firms typically hire architects along with support
staff who help the architects do their jobs, and they may be part of a larger company
which handles many aspects of the design and construction process, from contracting to
interior decorating. Small firms may include one or two architects working together,
while big companies can hire hundreds or thousands of people, sometimes spread out
across multiple offices.
ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure
Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
STAFFING REQUIRED FOR A LARGE ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN NIGERIA
WORK AT AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM can be quite
varied, although many employees develop their own areas of
expertise, such as renovations, single family residences, or
secured facilities. A spirit of cooperation is often vitally
important, as architects need to work with lots of different
people in the course of their work, and they must also be
able to communicate clearly, and to easily interpret
communications from other people. Lost information in the
planning stages can result in costly mistakes, and a good
architecture firm should be able to prevent such problems
with aARC
skilled
team of Practice
employees
807: Professional
and Procedure
Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
STAFFING REQUIRED FOR A LARGE ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN NIGERIA
Architecture firms often forget the importance of their
organization’s culture, which is the sum total of the human
qualities which is STAFFING that characterize a firm: the
teams, small or large, of human beings working together “It is
one of the most significant signals a firm sends to the outside
world “says Frank Stasiowski of PSMJ Resources
ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure
Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
STAFFING REQUIRED FOR A LARGE ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN
We examine three areasNIGERIA
where size has a direct bearing on
staffing: WORKER SATISFACTION, FIRM ORGANIZATION, AND THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SIZE AND THE DESIGN-AND-
PROFITABILITY EQUATION.
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Firm culture as a source of worker satisfaction Firm managers
are the
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architects of their office culture.
They must design a work environment, coordinate its parts, and
provide the comforts that will engender the goodwill necessary to
encourage staff to
maintain the high levels of energy and creativity
required to serve clients.
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Architects’ work is mentally taxing, with enormous potential for
liability, and it
demands long hours. Providing commensurate
benefits
to Professional
counterbalance
the
stress of work is essential.
ARC 807:
Practice
and Procedure
Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
STAFFING
FORshape
A LARGE
ARCHITECTURE
FIRM
IN NIGERIA
SizeREQUIRED
and culture
firm
organization,
architects
choose to work in large or small offices in order to achieve
career goals. Firm principals also choose to keep their
practices a particular size to gain the advantages of a
specific culture. For example, Suman Sorg, of Sorg &
Associates, is the sole designer for her Washington D.C,
firm of about 30 staff members. The size of her firm is
directly proportional to her ability to oversee the design. Her
reputation as an excellent designer, the award-winning
projects she completes, and the familylike atmosphere of
her firm have attracted young employees.
ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure
Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
STAFFING REQUIRED FOR A LARGE ARCHITECTURE FIRM IN NIGERIA
in conclusion, the staff required for an architecture firm is
characterized by the size. It is one of the most significant
signals a firm sends to the outside world
ARC 807: Professional Practice and Procedure
Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria