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2008-2009 DesignIntelligence Compensation and Salary Survey
More than 18,000 staff are represented in the survey data collected from more than 400 leading architecture and design office locations in January and February 2008.
Articles
- 04/10/08 Fairness and Transparency Are Essential The way employees feel about their compensation isn’t just about the numbers. Perceptions of pay equity play a huge role in terms of satisfaction. Devising a compensation structure that is fair, transparent, and aligns to the enterprise’s goals will instill commitment on the part of staff.
- 04/09/08 Effective Compensation is a Strategic Asset Effective design firm compensation plans reinforce the unique vision and goals of each organization and serve to align and motivate people to focus their energy in a common and consistent manner.
- 04/09/08 10 Trends Reshaping the Talent Quest Don’t assume that a slowed economy will make it any easier to hire the professional staff you need. You can’t effectively face 21st-century talent wars with 20th-century tactics.
- 03/30/07 1 Global Salary Review Salary summary for select countries and converted U.S. dollar equivalents.
- 03/30/07 1 Compensation Survey Methodology From January through early February, 2007, the Design Futures Council surveyed leading firms believed to be “best practices” in architecture on the subjects of compensation, benefits, and bonuses. Surveys were distributed and received via fax, postal mail, email and through a proprietary online survey tool.
- 03/30/07 1 Shaping a New Agenda for People and Professional Practice The transformative power of good design is not limited to buildings, products, and processes alone. Consider the design of human resource practices and policies. Since design is essentially an exercise in opportunity actualization, it follows that good design is also smart practice management.
- 03/30/07 1 Meritocracy and Ascension: The Pursuit of World-Class Performance Today there is considerable waste in the design process of most firms. Designers spend a lot of time and effort creating things that get erased or discarded. This amount of waste strongly hints that there are considerable opportunities for process improvement.
- 03/30/07 1 Leadership Roundtable: Three Firms Discuss a Changing Benefits and Human Resources Landscape Representatives from one small, one large, and one extra-large firm respond to emerging issues, discuss changes and trends in human resource management, and relate their experiences in the areas of intern compensation, continuing education, employee retention, benefits plans, and executive bonus policies within their firms.
- 04/20/06 Questions leaders ask as they evaluate compensation strategies.
- 04/20/06 Global Salary Review—Architects
