Professional Practice and Ethics

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. define practice ethics and code of conduct in the real-world; 2. explain the basics of small business management; 3. prepare business plan proposals and start up a professional or secular business; and 4. start up a business in private practice involving any of the items/functions listed.

This course is designed to provide a basic knowledge of how the estate surveyor and valuer undertakes his work in a professional manner. Professional approach: definitions and explanations; rule of professional practice and code of conducts. Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers. The Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria. Other professional bodies in Nigeria. Professional instructions and government. Professional firms, groups, partnership and their organization and management. Organization of personnel. Job description. Chain of authority. Departmentalization, specialization. Physical organizations. Office records. Communication and co-ordination. Office procedure. Cash-flow. Personnel management. Role of an estate surveyor and valuer in the public and private sectors.