Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (267 p.)
Disciplina	690.068
Altri autori (Persone)	SmythHedley PrykeStephen
Soggetto topico	Construction industry - Great Britain Business logistics - Great Britain
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-03438-3 9786612034381 1-4443-0106-3 1-4443-0107-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; About the authors; Foreword; Introduction: Managing collaborative relationships and the management of projects; Section I: Collaborative Relationships in Contractual Frameworks; 1: Specialist contractors and partnering; 2: Change in the quantity surveying profession; 3: Client requirements and project team knowledge in refurbishment projects; 4: Contractual frameworks and cooperative relationships; Section II: Collaborative Relationships and Conceptual Frameworks; 5: Better collaboration through cooperation; 6: Developing trust Section III: Collaborative Relationships and Networks7: Disaster mitigation through collaborative knowledge-sharing practices; 8: Early design management in architecture; 9: Civil construction supply chain management policy to support collaborative relationships in public sector procurement; 10: Construction and women; Conclusion; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910145832903321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, NJ, USA : $b Wiley-Blackwell, $c [2023]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Soggetto topico	Building - Planning Project management
ISBN	1-119-81379-4 1-119-81377-8 1-119-81378-6 9781119813798
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Matter -- Part IThe Cultural Landscape -- Construction Cultures: Sources, Signs, and Solutions of Toxicity / Stewart Clegg, Martin Loosemore, Derek Walker, Alfons Marrewijk, Shankar Sankaran -- Organising Occupational Health, Safety, and Well-Being in Construction: Working to Rule or Working Towards Well-Being? / Jing Xu, Yanga Wu -- Part IIWider Integration -- Systems Integration in Construction: An Open-Ended Challenge for Project Organising / Jennifer Whyte, Andrew Davies -- Organising Project Finance / D'Maris Coffman, John Kelsey -- Organising for Digital Transformation: Ecosystems, Platforms, and Future States / Bethan Morgan, Eleni Papadonikolaki, Tim Jaques -- A Resilience Perspective on Governance for Construction Project Delivery / Nils OE Olsson, Ole Jonny Klakegg -- Part IIIThe Firm-Project Interface -- Organising Construction Firms / Hedley Smyth -- Aligning Construction Projects with Strategy / Catherine Killen, Shankar Sankaran, Stewart Clegg, Hedley Smyth -- Urban Development Project Ecologies - An Organisational Routines Perspective / Susanna Hedborg -- Reflective Practices and Learning in Construction Organisations via Professional Communities of Practice / Meri Duryan -- Part IVInside the Project -- The Use of Collaborative Space and Socialisation Tensions in Inter-Organisational Construction Projects / Kirsi Aaltonen, Virpi Turkulainen -- On the Synchronisation of Activities During Construction Projects / Tuomas Ahola -- Organising Beyond the Hierarchy - A Network Management Perspective / Huda Almadhoob -- Procurement, Collaboration, and the Role of Dialogue / Simon Addyman -- Author Biographies -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910829984103321

Autore	Smyth Hedley
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chicester, : Wiley, 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (354 p.)
Disciplina	624.068 720.68
Soggetto topico	Construction industry - Management Construction industry --Management Business & Economics Industries
ISBN	1-283-17835-4 9786613178350 1-4443-9234-4 1-4443-9236-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; About the authors; Introduction; Aims; Objectives; The Content; Section I: Overview in Scope and Context of Managing the Professional Practice; Chapter 1: Structures, management and markets; Chapter 2: Strategic management of professional practice: The case of architecture; Chapter 3: Cross-functional coordination: Conceptual model and its application in professional design practice; Chapter 4: Challenges of growth in a medium-sized engineering design consultancy Chapter 5: Sustainability into practice: How the sustainable development agenda has impacted on the surveying professionSection II: Managing Specific Issues in the Professional Practice; Chapter 6: Equipping project teams for competitions: Architecture practices in the Italian market; Chapter 7: Client management and identification; Chapter 8: How thin to win: FM service provision issues; Chapter 9: Innovation in professional service providers: UK quantity surveying practices; Section III: Reflections upon Practice; Chapter 10: The make experience Chapter 11: Squaring the circle: Delivering international services locallyChapter 12: Innovation in the construction sector; Chapter 13: Managing a project management division; Chapter 14: Developing capacity in an emergent market; Chapter 15: Branding professional services: Making the intangible tangible; Chapter 16: The first 20 years; Chapter 17: Reflection on the redevelopment of the University of Tokyo Hospital: The last 26 years; Chapter 18: Beyond the first generation; Chapter 19: Changes in UK construction professional services firms in the late 20th century; Conclusion; Acronyms Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910133647403321