Human Resources

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. James P. Cramer
10/18/06 Real People - Awkward Demographics One of the most unreliable subjects in our design professions has been that of demographics. Fuzzy data about the design professions and occasional fallacies imbedded in soft evidence can lead to unfortunate assumptions in our industry. James P. Cramer
09/26/05 LEAP by Design: The Leadership, Empowerment and Accountability Program The future success of your firm is linked to how well you manage and motivate your employees as well as hold them accountable.
09/26/05 Designer Compensation: How Important is Money, Really? As the economy grows stronger and the range of new work expands, there is a renewed focus on the importance of attracting and retaining qualified staff. In the scramble to attract and keep top talent, compensation once again becomes a much-discussed topic for both employers and employees. Robert Smith
09/08/05 Transitions, August 2005 21 transitions.
07/26/05 Transitions (July 2005)
07/26/05 8 to 5 Office Time No Longer Applies One afternoon early in my career, I was in my office when I noticed one of my direct reports coming back from lunch around 2:30 p.m. As I approached, I noticed he had been to the barber. I asked if he was just coming back from lunch and the barber shop. He responded in the affirmative. I looked at him quizzically, hesitated, frowned—then raised my eyebrows and said. “You got your hair cut on company time?” Williston Dye, AIA
03/21/05 Footnotes on Compensation Trends From the 2005 Architecture Compensation Survey.
03/21/05 Architectecture Compensation Survey: By the Numbers Significant numbers and facts from our architecture compensation survey.
03/21/05 The Future Demands Meritocracy: Reward Your Top Performers Architecture, engineering, and design firms spend more than $20 billion in the U.S. alone on salaries and benefits. All too often we pay the same salary for very different levels of talent—and service. James P. Cramer

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