LEADER 03970nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910820210803321 005 20240501033912.0 010 $a1-135-99836-1 010 $a1-282-31581-1 010 $a9786612315817 010 $a0-203-87608-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000798948 035 $a(EBL)453716 035 $a(OCoLC)466906573 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000341356 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341356 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10390700 035 $a(PQKB)10268383 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453716 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453716 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10342009 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL231581 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000798948 100 $a20090423d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPerformance improvement in construction management /$fedited by Brian Atkin and Jan Borgbrant 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cSpon Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 225 1 $aSpon research,$x1940-7653 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-97818-3 311 $a0-415-54598-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $a10 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 327 $a21 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 330 $aNovel research in construction management is often distant from existing practice. This collection of reviews serves to bridge this gap under three major themes: innovation, organisation and human behaviour, and methods and tools.It outlines a series of successful collaborative projects between industry and the academic and research communities. Many of the authors have worked in technology transfer, as change agents, resolving industrially-relevant problems by using scientifically-based research. The book reveals the source of ideas, data and results to provide a useful resou 410 0$aSpon research. 606 $aBuilding$xSuperintendence 606 $aConstruction industry$xManagement 606 $aIndustrial productivity 615 0$aBuilding$xSuperintendence. 615 0$aConstruction industry$xManagement. 615 0$aIndustrial productivity. 676 $a690.068 701 $aAtkin$b Brian$0906493 701 $aBorgbrant$b Jan$0906494 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820210803321 996 $aPerformance improvement in construction management$94106193 997 $aUNINA