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MANAGEMENT FOR DESIGN Winter 2017
A guide to project-based success
Leadership, efficient business systems and clear goals are the key ingredients to business growth. Great leaders will have a fully rounded 3D perspective of their business; they understand that while clients are important it is equally important to focus on being a great leader. It is about both doing business and running a business. According to the University of Cambridge Judge Business School there are five topics that are vital to the success of any professional service firm. These five topics are: strategy and differentiation, leadership, people management, client service and business development. Key to the success in a growing professional service firm is transparency and action, turning concepts and ideas into specific actions that will improve individual, practice and firm performance. The key signposts for any growing project-based firm must include enterprise resource planning (ERP). You should ensure your ERP system is set up for your project-led business infrastructure. Finding a solution that connects all aspects of the business both front and back end will increase efficiency, decrease confusion and create accurate proposals that turn into projects and invoices.
