Performance improvement in construction management /

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 ind...

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Other Authors: Atkin, Brian, Borgbrant, Jan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Spon Press, 2010.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780203876084
0203876083
9781135998363
1135998361
9781135998318
1135998310
9781135998356
1135998353
9781138978188
1138978183
1282315811
9781282315815
9786612315817
6612315814
ISSN:1940-7653
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Steps toward improving performance in construction management / JAN BORGBRANT
  • chapter 2 Clients as initiators of change / ANDERS VENNSTRÖM
  • chapter 3 Stakeholder engagement in real estate development / STEFAN OLANDER
  • chapter 4 A systems approach to construction supply chain integration / RUBEN VRIJHOEF AND HENNES D E RIDDER
  • chapter 5 Rethinking communication in the construction industry / ÖRJAN WIKFORSS
  • chapter 6 Transfer of experience in a construction firm / MATS PERSSON
  • chapter 7 Autonomy and innovation in construction teams / NIELS HALDOR BERTELSEN
  • chapter 8 Foundation of a practical theory of project management / LOUIS LOUSBERG
  • chapter 9 Role of action research in dealing with a traditional process / SEIRGEI MILLER, HENNY TER HUERNE AND
  • chapter 10 Corporate strategies: For whom and for what? / JOHAN BJÖRNSTRÖM, ANN
  • CHARLOTTE STENBERG
  • chapter 11 Organizational change in the house-building sector / ABUKAR WARSAME
  • chapter 12 Trust production in construction: A multilevel approach / ANNA KADEFORS
  • chapter 13 Value-based award mechanisms / MARCO DRESCHLER, HENNES D E RIDDER AND
  • chapter 14 Organizational culture in the merger of construction companies / KARIN JOHANSSON
  • chapter 15 Environmental attitudes, management and performance / PERNILLA GLUCH
  • chapter 16 Stakeholder management through relationship management / STEVE ROWLINSON
  • chapter 17 Learning in demonstration projects for sustainable building / BARBARA RUBINO
  • chapter 18 Participative design tools in inner-city redevelopment GERT
  • JOOST PEEK AND JAC L . A . GEURTS
  • chapter 19 Boundary objects in design / KARI HOVIN KJØLLE AND CECILIA GUSTAFSSON
  • chapter 20 Methodological and other uncertainties in life cycle costing / ERIKA LEVANDER
  • chapter 21 Decision-making practice in the real estate development sector / ELLEN GEHNER AND HANS D E JONGE
  • chapter 22 Differences in the application of risk management / EKATERINA OSIPOVA
  • chapter 23 Quantitative risk management in construction / KALLE KÄHKÖNEN
  • chapter 24 Concentration ratios in the construction market / SILVIO SANCILIO.