Architect's Essentials of Professional Development (The Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice)

267 Pages·2003·1.75 MB·English

by  Jean R. Valence

Architect’s
Essentials of
Professional
Development
Jean R. Valence
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Architect’s
Essentials of
Professional
Development
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Architect’s
Essentials of
Professional
Development
Jean R. Valence
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Valence, Jean R.
Architect’s essentials of professional development / Jean R. Valence.
p. cm. — (The architect’s essentials of professional practice)
Includes index.
ISBN 0-471-23691-8 (pbk. :alk. paper)
1. Architects—In-service training. 2. Architecture—Study and
teaching. 3. Architectural firms—Management. I. Title. II.
Architect’s essentials of professional practice series.
NA1996.V35 2003
720’.71’5—dc21
2003002098
Printed in the United States of America
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To Phil, who changed my life.

Contents
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xv
1
Competitive Edge 1
Competitive Edge and Professional
Development 3
Improving Competitive Edge:
The Purpose of This Book 20
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors 21
2
Strategy 25
Strategic Principles 25
FreemanWhite: Connecting Business
and Educational Plans 31
Moving from Strategic Principles
to Strategic Plan 34
TheLukmirePartnership:
A Succinct Five-Year Plan 45
vii
Assessing Learning Strategy 48
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors 49
3
Assessment 53
The Assessment Pyramid 54
Using the Assessment Pyramid 79
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors 80
4
Program Planning and Design 83
Planning: Means-to-Needs 84
Designing the Umbrella Program 89
Designing Individual Learning Units:
Snapshots 102
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors 109
5
Curriculum 115
Curriculum Design 116
Course Design 129
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors 135
6
Coaching and Lessons Learned 139
Lessons Learned 140
Variations on Lessons Learned 146
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors 149
7
Mentoring 155
Finding Good Mentors 157
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