LEADER 05373nam 2200661 450 001 9910464127703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-118-50039-3 010 $a1-118-50038-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000592274 035 $a(EBL)1895470 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001421533 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11788757 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421533 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11423034 035 $a(PQKB)10369256 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1895470 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1895470 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11015199 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL718768 035 $a(OCoLC)903956522 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000592274 100 $a20150212h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProject management in construction /$fAnthony Walker 205 $aSixth edition. 210 1$aWest Sussex, England :$cWiley Blackwell,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-50040-7 311 $a1-322-87486-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Evolution of Project Organisation; The Second World War and Post-War Activity; The Significant Reports of the 1960's; The Project Manager Initiatives; 1.3 Management and Organisation; 1.4 Definition of Construction Project Management; 1.5 Objectives and Decisions; 1.6 The Project Management Process and the Project Manager; 1.7 Projects, Firms and Clients; Conflicting Objectives; Organisation Patterns; Variety of Clients; 1.8 The Contribution of Organisation Structure; Behaviour 327 $aTechniques and Technology Decision-Making; Organisation Structure; 1.9 Organisation Theory and Project Organisations; 1.10 Relevance of Systems Theory; Chapter 2 Organisation and the Construction Process; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Classical Approach; Hierarchy; 2.3 The Behavioural Approach; 2.4 The Socio-Technical Approach; 2.5 The Systems Approach; Contingency Theory; Contingency Fit Theory and Organisational Design; Strategic Contingency; Resource Dependency; Institutional Theory; Population Ecology; 2.6 Reconciling Diverse Approaches; 2.7 Criticisms of the Systems Approach 327 $a2.8 Configuration Theory 2.9 Mintzberg's Classification; 2.10 Chaos and Complexity Theory; 2.11 Postmodernism; 2.12 Critical Theory; 2.13 The Transaction Cost Approach; Transaction Cost Applications to Construction; 2.14 Many Paradigms; 2.15 The Relevance of Temporary Organisations Generally to Construction Project Management; 2.16 Virtual Organisation; 2.17 Projects, Firms and Process; Chapter 3 Systems Thinking and Construction Project Organisation; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Systems Concepts; Objective; Contingencies; Organisational Fit; Environment; Environmental Forces; Political; Legal 327 $aInstitutional Cultural and Sociological; Technological; Economic and Competitive; 3.3 Action of Environmental Forces; Sustainability; Project Management's Response to Sustainability Issues; Organisational Competence; 3.4 Negative Entropy, Adaption and Protected Environments; 3.5 Growth, Differentiation, Interdependency and Integration; 3.6 Feedback; 3.7 Systems and Hierarchies; 3.8 Increasing Challenges; 3.9 Summary; Chapter 4 Clients and Stakeholders; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Classification of Clients; The Individual Client; The Corporate Client; The Public Client; Client Profiles 327 $aAn Alternative Approach 4.3 Clients' Objectives; 4.4 Relationship of the Client's Organisation and the Construction Process; 4.5 Conflicting Objectives; 4.6 Project Change; 4.7 Role of the Client; 4.8 Clients, Stakeholders and Sustainability; 4.9 Practical Client Issues; Chapter 5 The Project Team; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Firms and Project Teams; 5.3 Relationship with the Client; 5.4 Differentiation, Interdependency and Integration; An Alternative Perspective; 5.5 Decisions and Their Effect on Structure; 5.6 Differentiation and Integration in Practice; 5.7 Organisational Culture; 5.8 Partnering 327 $a5.9 Supply Chain Management 330 $aAs with all previous editions of Project Management in Construction, this sixth edition focuses on systems theory as the approach suitable for organizing and managing people skilled in the design and completion of construction projects. It discusses the many competing paradigms and alternative perspectives available, for example in relation to differentiation and integration, as well as the emerging study of temporary organizations and its relevance to construction project management. Whilst encompassing the need to develop further theoretical aspects of construction project organization theory... 606 $aConstruction industry$xManagement 606 $aProject management 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConstruction industry$xManagement. 615 0$aProject management. 676 $a624.068/4 700 $aWalker$b Anthony$f1939-$0879228 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464127703321 996 $aProject management in construction$91963472 997 $aUNINA