Performance improvement in construction management / edited by Brian Atkin and Jan Borgbrant.

Novel 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 ind...

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Other Authors: Atkin, Brian, Borgbrant, Jan
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Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Spon Press, 2010.
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505 0 0 |t Chapter 1 Steps toward improving performance in construction management /  |r JAN BORGBRANT --  |t chapter 2 Clients as initiators of change /  |r ANDERS VENNSTRÖM --  |t chapter 3 Stakeholder engagement in real estate development /  |r STEFAN OLANDER --  |t chapter 4 A systems approach to construction supply chain integration /  |r RUBEN VRIJHOEF AND HENNES D E RIDDER --  |t chapter 5 Rethinking communication in the construction industry /  |r ÖRJAN WIKFORSS --  |t chapter 6 Transfer of experience in a construction firm /  |r MATS PERSSON --  |t chapter 7 Autonomy and innovation in construction teams /  |r NIELS HALDOR BERTELSEN --  |t chapter 8 Foundation of a practical theory of project management /  |r LOUIS LOUSBERG --  |t chapter 9 Role of action research in dealing with a traditional process /  |r SEIRGEI MILLER, HENNY TER HUERNE AND --  |t chapter 10 Corporate strategies: For whom and for what? /  |r JOHAN BJÖRNSTRÖM, ANN -- CHARLOTTE STENBERG --  |t chapter 11 Organizational change in the house-building sector /  |r ABUKAR WARSAME --  |t chapter 12 Trust production in construction: A multilevel approach /  |r ANNA KADEFORS --  |t chapter 13 Value-based award mechanisms /  |r MARCO DRESCHLER, HENNES D E RIDDER AND --  |t chapter 14 Organizational culture in the merger of construction companies /  |r KARIN JOHANSSON --  |t chapter 15 Environmental attitudes, management and performance /  |r PERNILLA GLUCH --  |t chapter 16 Stakeholder management through relationship management /  |r STEVE ROWLINSON --  |t chapter 17 Learning in demonstration projects for sustainable building /  |r BARBARA RUBINO --  |t chapter 18 Participative design tools in inner-city redevelopment GERT -- JOOST PEEK AND JAC L . A . GEURTS --  |t chapter 19 Boundary objects in design /  |r KARI HOVIN KJØLLE AND CECILIA GUSTAFSSON --  |t chapter 20 Methodological and other uncertainties in life cycle costing /  |r ERIKA LEVANDER --  |t chapter 21 Decision-making practice in the real estate development sector /  |r ELLEN GEHNER AND HANS D E JONGE --  |t chapter 22 Differences in the application of risk management /  |r EKATERINA OSIPOVA --  |t chapter 23 Quantitative risk management in construction /  |r KALLE KÄHKÖNEN --  |t chapter 24 Concentration ratios in the construction market /  |r SILVIO SANCILIO. 
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