Workforce

INITIAL WORKFORCE

4 Employees

Our workforce consists primarily of architects, with placemaking and engagement expertise, starting with 4 employees (Figure 08). The practice will use external consultants as necessary, including engineers, heritage consultants and community liaisons to help with engagement. In the future we’ll increase to 20 staff members within 4 years (Figure 08), this Democratic Workplace Weekly meetings and social events, with voting on Practice Issues to be taken into account. allows the community to be expert and recognises community needs resulting in successful placemaking (Hamdi, 2010). Our practice will have more architectural assistants than common (The Fees Bureau, 2016), allowing us to create a future talent pool. We’ll use the RIBA Business Benchmarking Report as inspiration for business decisions (The Fees Bureau, 2016).

2 Architects (With Placemaking and Architectural regeneration specialisations) 2 Architectural Assistants (Create a Talent Pool)

FUTURE WORKFORCE

20 Employees

8 Architects (With more varied specialisations) 7 Architectural Assistants (Create a Talent Pool) 2 Community Specialists (Engagers, Organisers, Specialists, Liaisons) 2 Regeneration Specialists (Experts in Regeneration and Placemaking) 1 Office Manager (Help run the practice)

MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

Executive Team (Weekly Executive Meeting)

Profit, Success & Growth

Our management will be led by an executive team, featuring the Managing Director, directors and a workforce representative (Figure 08). We’ll work democratically, with weekly meetings and social events. In the future we’ll create a network of consultants/ communities and liaise with academics for constant improvements to our processes. We’ll ensure collaboration with our clients, communities and consultants to allow knowledge exchange and to increase placemaking success.

Managing Director (In charge, Final decision) 2/3 (Initially 1) Director (s) (Senior Architects/Specialists, Chosen by Stake in Company’s Shares and Seniority) 1 Workforce Representative (Elected by Staff)

Figure 08: Management and Staffing Structure (Goacher, 2018).