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Creating a culture of predictable outcomes : how leadership, collaboration, and decision-making drive architecture and construction / Barbara White Bryson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bryson, Barbara White, author.
Contributor:
Taylor & Francis eBooks.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Building--Superintendence.
Building.
Design-build process (Construction industry).
Architectural practice.
Corporate culture.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
System Details:
text file
Biography/History:
Barbara White Bryson, Ed.D, FAIA, MBA,is Associate Dean for Research and Director of the Drachman Institute at the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona where she also served as Vice President of Strategic Planning and Analysis. At Rice University, Dr. Bryson led an aggressive building program for over a decade as Associate Vice President of Facilities Engineering and Planning. In 2009, she wrote The Owner's Dilemma: Driving Success and Innovation in the Design and Construction Industry with Canan Yetmen.
Contents:
1 Predictability Is Power p. 1
2 Sophisticated-Caring Leadership p. 15
Chapter Supplement-When Leaders Want Answers p. 45
3 High-Performing Collaborative Teams p. 55
Chapter Supplement-Dream Team p. 90
4 Master-Level Decision-Making p. 97
Postscript-Driving Decisions When You're Not the Boss! p. 124
Chapter Supplement-On the Right Track p. 128
5 Aligning Values and Goals p. 135
Chapter Supplement-Conflicting Values p. 143
6 Embracing Risk and Contracts p. 151
Chapter Supplement-Risk, Rapport, and Reversing Roles, inviting the Fox into the Henhouse p. 172
Chapter Supplement-Asking Hard Questions p. 199
8 Twenty Freight Trains of Disruption p. 207
Chapter Supplement-Scott's Choice p. 225
9 Unpredictable p. 233
Chapter Supplement-Culture Shift p. 238.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 16, 2021).
Other Format:
Print version: Bryson, Barbara White. Creating a culture of predictable outcomes
ISBN:
9780367894399
0367894394
9781000299793
1000299791
9781000299816
1000299813
9781000299809
1000299805
Publisher Number:
40030372123
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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