Performance Improvement in Construction Management

Informationen zum Autor Brian Atkin, Jan Borgbrant Zusammenfassung Novel research in construction management is often distant from existing practice. This collection of reviews intends 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Clients as Initiators of Change 3. Stakeholder Engagement in Property Development 4. Construction Supply Chain Integration 5. Rethinking Communication in Construction 6. Transfer of Experience in a Construction Company 7. Autonomy and Innovation in Construction Teams 8. A Foundation of Project Management Theory 9. Role of Action Research in Dealing with Traditional Processes 10. Corporate Strategies – For Whom and For what? 11. Organisational Change in the Residential Building Sector 12. Trust-production in Construction 13. Value-based Award Mechanisms 14. Organisational Culture in the Merger of Construction Companies 15. Environmental Attitudes, Management and Performance 16. Stakeholder Management Through Relationship Management 17. Learning in Demonstration Projects 18. Participative Design Tools in Property Redevelopment 19. Boundary Objects in Design 20. Methodological and Other Uncertainties in whole life costing 21. Decision-making Practice in the Real Estate Development Sector 22. Differences in the Application of Risk Management 23. Quantitative Risk Management in Construction 24. Concentration Ratios in the Construction Market

Product details

• Authors: Brian (University of Reading Atkin
• Assisted by: Brian Atkin (Editor), Atkin Brian (Editor), Jan Borgbrant (Editor), Borgbrant Jan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.2009
• EAN: 9780415545983
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54598-3
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Spon Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, Economics of industrial organisation, Building construction & materials, Mining Industry, Agribusiness and primary industries, Building construction and materials, Economics of industrial organization