Performance improvement in construction management / edited by Brian Atkin and Jan Borgbrant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Atkin, Brian.

Borgbrant, Jan.

Series:

Spon research.

Spon research, 1940-7653

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building--Superintendence.

Building.

Construction industry--Management.

Construction industry.

Industrial productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Spon Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Novel research in construction management is often distant from existing practice. This collection of reviews serves to bridge this gap under three major themes: innovation, organisation and human behaviour, and methods and tools.It outlines a series of successful collaborative projects between industry and the academic and research communities. Many of the authors have worked in technology transfer, as change agents, resolving industrially-relevant problems by using scientifically-based research. The book reveals the source of ideas, data and results to provide a useful resou

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Steps toward improving performance in construction management; 2 Clients as initiators of change; 3 Stakeholder engagement in real estate development; 4 A systems approach to construction supply chain integration; 5 Rethinking communication in the construction industry; 6 Transfer of experience in a construction firm; 7 Autonomy and innovation in construction teams; 8 Foundation of a practical theory of project management; 9 Role of action research in dealing with a traditional process

10 Corporate strategies: For whom and for what?11 Organizational change in the house-building sector; 12 Trust production in construction: A multilevel approach; 13 Value-based award mechanisms; 14 Organizational culture in the merger of construction companies; 15 Environmental attitudes, management and performance; 16 Stakeholder management through relationship management; 17 Learning in demonstration projects for sustainable building; 18 Participative design tools in inner-city redevelopment; 19 Boundary objects in design; 20 Methodological and other uncertainties in life cycle costing

21 Decision-making practice in the real estate development sector22 Differences in the application of risk management; 23 Quantitative risk management in construction; 24 Concentration ratios in the construction market; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-99836-1

1-282-31581-1

9786612315817

0-203-87608-3

9780203876084

OCLC:

466906573