Performance improvement in construction management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Brian Atkin and Jan Borgbrant

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455023003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Spon Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-99836-1; 1-282-31581-1; 9786612315817; 0-203-87608-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Collana: Spon research, , 1940-7653
• Altri autori (Persone): AtkinBrian; BorgbrantJan
• Disciplina: 690.068
• Soggetti: Building - Superintendence; Construction industry - Management; Industrial productivity; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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