Business Principles of Landscape Contracting applies basic business principles to the art of landscape management and contracting.

Learn to maximize production efficiency, maintain quality production standards and improve the profitability of your business.

Gain essential financial management skills such as budgeting, pricing, managing cash flow and understanding financial ratios.

Examine how personnel management, professional development, employee productivity and leadership can affect culture and business success.

Written in a straightforward style, Business Principles of Landscape Contracting helps students grasp fundamental business principles and uses figures and illustrations to relate them to the landscape industry.

Contents:

1. Structuring for Accountability
   • Accounting Methods
   • Chart of Accounts

2. Budget Development
   • Forecasting
   • Budget Development Process

3. Profitable Pricing
   • Material Markup
   • Labor Markup
   • Dual Overhead Rate
   • Equipment Pricing

4. Estimating
   • Estimator Responsibilities
   • Production Standards
   • Estimating Procedure
   • Computer System Interface
   • Time and Materials

5. Financial Management
   • Balance Sheet
   • Income Statement
   • Cash Flow Reports
   • Job Cost Management
   • Contract Management

6. Financial Ratios
   • Liquidity Ratios
   • Debt Ratio
   • Activity Ratios
   • Productivity Ratios
   • Profitability Ratios

7. Software Applications
   • Accounting Systems
   • Web Access
   • Reporting Systems
   • Sales Reports
   • Estimating
   • Personal Digital Assistants
   • Design Software
   • Routing and Tracking
   • Mobile Resource Management Systems

8. Managing Human Assets
   • Job Descriptions
   • Recruitment
   • Internship Programs
   • Hiring
   • Creating a Culture
   • Employee Termination

9. Productivity Basics
   • Production Factors
   • Production Inefficiencies
   • Theories of Motivation
   • Total Quality Management
   • PDCA Cycle
   • Improving Productivity
   • Process Management
   • Communication
   • Technology
   • Plant Growth Regulators

10. Professional Development
    • Trade Associations
    • Seminars/Workshops
    • Training Programs
    • Certification Programs

11. Bottom Line Leadership
    • Principles of Management
    • Management in the New Millennium
    • Management Styles

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