Landscape Architecture
For my career opportunity project, I have chosen to take a look at the profession
of landscape architecture. This field interest me for several reasons. First, I have always liked to draw and design and growing up I always wanted to be an architect or engineer. I felt that engineering put too many limitations on creativity, so architecture was the path of choice. Then, after working with my father’s small business for the past 6 doing some landscaping and lawn care, I decided that since I enjoyed working with plants and landscaping that I might want to look into a profession that would allow me to continue to work in those areas. Landscape architecture seemed to be the next logical choice, allowing me to continue being involved in the landscape industry and also to work much like I would in the field of architecture.
When most people think of landscaping, they think of flower beds around a
residence. The landscaping that a landscape architect is responsible for designing,
however, rarely deals with residential landscapes and when it does so it is only on
expensive projects. While landscape architects may do projects ranging form a few
thousand dollars on up to as much as the customer would like to spend, the majority of
their work is concentrated in the $30,000 to $15 million range (Pethel). You can see
where few residential projects would fall into this range. However, this range is broad
enough to encompass many different projects in ...
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“When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.” – Walt Disney
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People careers are developed in organisations; we can sense the characteristics of the traditional career in the typical traditional deal between organisation and employee, when employees offer loyalty, conformity and commitment while employers offer security of employment, career prospects, training and development and care in trouble, (Baruch, 2001, p. 544). Long term employment with hierarchy career development is mostly what characterises traditional careers. Walton (1999, p. 214), described the traditional career development in an organisation by saying; “Traditionally, many organisations had well established career progression routes for those see...
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. National Career Development Guidelines. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 1989. (ED 317 874-880)
In this section an individual make a knowledgeable and eloquent career decision. Gain vision into required specialized development skills to be successful.
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