04007nam 2200685 a 450 991045502300332120200520144314.01-135-99836-11-282-31581-197866123158170-203-87608-3(CKB)1000000000798948(EBL)453716(OCoLC)466906573(SSID)ssj0000341356(PQKBManifestationID)11233260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341356(PQKBWorkID)10390700(PQKB)10268383(MiAaPQ)EBC453716(Au-PeEL)EBL453716(CaPaEBR)ebr10342009(CaONFJC)MIL231581(EXLCZ)99100000000079894820090423d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerformance improvement in construction management[electronic resource] /edited by Brian Atkin and Jan BorgbrantLondon ;New York Spon Press20101 online resource (345 p.)Spon research,1940-7653Description based upon print version of record.1-138-97818-3 0-415-54598-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 process10 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 costing21 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; IndexNovel 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 resouSpon research.BuildingSuperintendenceConstruction industryManagementIndustrial productivityElectronic books.BuildingSuperintendence.Construction industryManagement.Industrial productivity.690.068Atkin Brian906493Borgbrant Jan906494MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455023003321Performance improvement in construction management2190348UNINA