PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

BSR659

Prepared By:
Sr Hafsah Yahaya
 CLASS REGULATION

✓ON-TIME
✓PROPER ATTIRE
✓HANDPHONE; SILENT MODE
✓ATTENDANCE EACH CLASS IS
COMPULSARY
✓PRO-ACTIVE STUDENTS
 OVERVIEW

• 3 Credit Hour
• Assessment;
• Final Exam 60%
• Coursework 40% Asgmt 1-Individu (10%)
• Assignment 30%
Asgmt 2-Group (25%)
• Test-5%
 COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course provides a basic understanding of management

theory and the requirements of setting up a professional
office. It also deals with post-contract procedures, including
arbitration. Also related to insurance and reinstatement
costs.

This course also introduce student to entrepreneurial

knowledge and skills to enable them to incorporate business
strategy while practicing. This course also address the
professional route to registered Building Surveyor in
Malaysia (RISM), Royal Institutional Chartered Surveyor
(RICS), and relevant professional membership in building
surveying practices.
 SYLLABUS CONTENT
1. Professional practice firm registration, governing bodies and
related acts.
2. Code of practice; professional ethic, duties and performance,
negligence, dispute, indemnity insurance and fees.
3. Professional building surveying office management; setting up,
registration, business operation, structure, organization, staffing
and administration, personnel policies, selection, job description,
span of control, authority and responsibility,
4. Business capital; capital appraisal, financial, agencies, affiliation
and government incentives.
5. Financial planning; set up expenses, balance sheet, breakeven
analysis, cash flow statement, financial history and ratios,
personnel financial statement and profit and loss projection.
6. Corporate management, strategy, formation of a company,
policies, strategic planning, management of change.
Contemporary issues relating to the construction industry and the
property market.
7. Business marketing, sale forecast, advertising, promoting and
bidding strategies.
 COURSE OUTCOMES

Upon completion, students should be able to :-

✓ Interpret management theory and professional liability with
application to the Building Surveyors’ role in the construction
industry.
✓ Evaluate risks and insurances, disputes and dispute resolution
related to construction industry.
✓ Identify the need of claim and payment and able to prepare
claim document based on requirement in the standard form of
contracts.
✓ Recognize the entrepreneur skill on business capital and
financial planning.
✓ Interpret the corporate management in business industry.
 TEACHING PLAN
Teaching
Bil. Syllabus Content Topic Week
(1-14)
1 Professional practice firm registration, governing bodies and − Differences between consultant and contractor.
related acts. − BS Scope of Works.
− Type of business, registration with SSM, MOF and 1-3
others. (ROB,ROC,LLP).
− Related acts; UBBL, Act 133, Act 318, Act 757 etc.
2 Code of practice; professional ethic, duties and performance, − Introduction to RISM, BS Division.
negligence, dispute, indemnity insurance and fees. − Pathway to become a professional & registered
building surveyor.
4-6
− RISM BS Code of Practice (101,102,103).
− Duty of care, negligence and dispute for BS.
− Insurances & fees.
3 Professional building surveying office management; setting − Setting up an office.
up, registration, business operation, structure, organization, − Planning resources and financial.
staffing and administration, personnel policies, selection, job − Job description. 7-9
description, span of control, authority and responsibility. − Company profile; organization structure, business
nature etc.
4 Business capital; capital appraisal, financial, agencies, − Initial capital.
affiliation and government incentives. − Loan and incentives by MARA, PUNB, SME Bank 10
etc.
5 Financial planning; set up expenses, balance sheet, − How to prepare account (balance sheet) and book
breakeven analysis, cash flow statement, financial history keeping.
and ratios, personnel financial statement and profit and loss − Managing company financial. 11
projection. − Alternative; accounting, assurance, tax service &
corporate advisory.
6 Corporate management, strategy, formation of a company, − Company’s strategy and policies.
policies, strategic planning, management of change. − Method statement.
12-13
Contemporary issues relating to the construction industry and − Quotation, invoice and claim.
the property market.
7 Business marketing, sale forecast, advertising, promoting and − How to get/bid a project.
bidding strategies. − Do’s and don’ts in bidding a project. 14
− Business promotion; website, advertisement etc.