Occupational groups and professions, practices, institutions and knowledge in construction work -- Site management work and the value of coaching : a relational view of knowledge -- Materiality, aesthetics, and social and cultural capital in architects' work -- The architect's gaze : visual artefacts, perception and knowledge in architects' work -- Knowing the concrete : knowledge and skills in a specialist rock construction company -- Institutionalizing knowledge in construction work organizations : theoretical and practical implications
Summary
This new evidence-based book shows how knowledge management can make sense in the construction industry, viewed as being engaged in the material transformation of "nature into buildings". It takes findings from three very different businesses and demonstrates the situational and context-bound nature of knowledge in the construction industry, showing "knowledge" to be a remarkably heterogeneous concept
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-199) and index
