Exploring Organizational Best Practices of Architectural Firms

Exploring Organizational Best Practices of Architectural Firms Author’s Name Institutional Affiliation Abstract Architectural firms constantly evolve and work extraordinarily over the globe with significant management practices. The research magnificently determines the key management practices among architects to deal with organizational challenges and opportunities and in what way they adopt the organizational structure and leadership. As per the remarkable evaluation about the architectural firms’ management, it understands that decentralization structure and multiple partner-level leadership are the most suitable pattern in the modern era to be innovative. Additionally, the lead and lag performance indicators work tremendously to enhance effectiveness and productivity. Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Abstract PAGEREF _Toc14683350 \h 2Introduction PAGEREF _Toc14683351 \h 4Management Structures of Architectural Firm PAGEREF _Toc14683352 \h 4Best Management Practices in Architectural Firms PAGEREF _Toc14683353 \h 6Laney LA as Local Firm PAGEREF _Toc14683354 \h 6Gensler as National Firm PAGEREF _Toc14683355 \h 6Nikken Sekkie as an International Firm PAGEREF _Toc14683356 \h 7C-Suite Leadership PAGEREF _Toc14683357 \h 7Studio Design Head vs Multiple Partner Level PAGEREF _Toc14683358 \h 8Metrics to define success in Architectural Firms PAGEREF _Toc14683359 \h 8KPI in Laney LA PAGEREF _Toc14683360 \h 9KPI in Gensler PAGEREF _Toc14683361 \h 9KPI in Nikken Sekkie PAGEREF _Toc14683362 \h 9Office Leadership Structure Implementation in Design Firms PAGEREF _Toc14683363 \h 9Architectural Business Practice in other Sectors PAGEREF _Toc14683364 \h 10Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc14683365 \h 10Bibliography PAGEREF _Toc14683366 \h 12 Exploring Organizational Best Practices of Architectural Firms Introduction With globalization and advanced societies, architectural firms grow their importance in the modern era. Architectural firms effectively work on the management practices to ensure the improvement in the quality, design, and significant accomplishment of the project. Further, architectural firms evolve with time and adopt innovative technologies to construct, design, and implement exceptional projects (Alharbi, Emmitt & Demian, 2015). Hence, the identification of best management practices in architectural firms is the great need for modern architects to advance their skills for attaining the desired objectives. In this manner, the paper highlights the best management practices and structure for three different sized firms’ local; Laney La, national; Gensler, and international; Nikken architectural firms. The research expressively identifies the pattern of management by considering those firms' practices and the focus on the C-Suite leadership model to define the authority of the workplace. Moreover, the paper examines the cross implementation of architectural management practices on other sector or vice versa to augment the opportunities for business. The report also concerns the performance evaluation metrics to maintain organizational productivity and performance. Management Structures of Architectural Firm Management structure plays the cognitive role in the organization’s success because it influences the performance of t...