LEADER 02970nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910824579703321 005 20240516134440.0 010 $a1-280-58572-2 010 $a9786613615558 010 $a1-118-44313-6 010 $a1-118-34393-X 010 $a1-118-34392-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000169190 035 $a(EBL)876067 035 $a(OCoLC)796002046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000641336 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11458687 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000641336 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10623310 035 $a(PQKB)11052354 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC876067 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL876067 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10565113 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL361555 035 $a(OCoLC)794383720 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000169190 100 $a20111104d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSocial network analysis in construction /$fStephen Pryke 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChichester $cWiley-Blackwell$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-34391-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Rationale for a network approach to the analysis of project management systems -- 21st century reform and emergent systems in construction -- The construction project as a system of interdependent governance networks -- Social network analysis as a research method -- Network case studies -- Interpreting network diagrams -- Mathematical analysis of network data -- Managing networks -- Summary, conclusions and final thoughts. 330 $aThe objective of the book is to make accessible the ways in which social network analysis (SNA) may be used to observe, monitor and analyse systems and relationships in major construction project coalitions. Although this has been an established analytical technique in the US for some time, it is only now being developed in the UK. Having spent nearly two decades investigating major project relationships using SNA, the author has brought together mathematical and sociological methods, and major project relationships in a manner that will inspire both academic interest and a desire to apply 606 $aConstruction industry$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain 606 $aProject management$zGreat Britain 606 $aBusiness logistics$zGreat Britain 606 $aSocial networks$zGreat Britain 615 0$aConstruction industry$xSocial aspects 615 0$aProject management 615 0$aBusiness logistics 615 0$aSocial networks 676 $a624.068/4 700 $aPryke$b Stephen$01628721 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824579703321 996 $aSocial network analysis in construction$93990668 997 $aUNINA