Social network analysis in construction / Stephen Pryke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pryke, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Construction industry--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Construction industry.

Project management--Great Britain.

Project management.

Business logistics--Great Britain.

Business logistics.

Social networks--Great Britain.

Social networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The objective of the book is to make accessible the ways in which social network analysis (SNA) may be used to observe, monitor and analyse systems and relationships in major construction project coalitions. Although this has been an established analytical technique in the US for some time, it is only now being developed in the UK. Having spent nearly two decades investigating major project relationships using SNA, the author has brought together mathematical and sociological methods, and major project relationships in a manner that will inspire both academic interest and a desire to apply

Contents:

Introduction

Rationale for a network approach to the analysis of project management systems

21st century reform and emergent systems in construction

The construction project as a system of interdependent governance networks

Social network analysis as a research method

Network case studies

Interpreting network diagrams

Mathematical analysis of network data

Managing networks

Summary, conclusions and final thoughts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613615558

9781280585722

1280585722

9781118443132

1118443136

9781118343937

111834393X

9781118343920

1118343921

OCLC:

796002046