| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Spon research, 1940-7653 |
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Spon research. 1940-7653
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 Steps toward improving performance in construction management / JAN BORGBRANT -- chapter 2 Clients as initiators of change / ANDERS VENNSTRÖM -- chapter 3 Stakeholder engagement in real estate development / STEFAN OLANDER -- chapter 4 A systems approach to construction supply chain integration / RUBEN VRIJHOEF AND HENNES D E RIDDER -- chapter 5 Rethinking communication in the construction industry / ÖRJAN WIKFORSS -- chapter 6 Transfer of experience in a construction firm / MATS PERSSON -- chapter 7 Autonomy and innovation in construction teams / NIELS HALDOR BERTELSEN -- chapter 8 Foundation of a practical theory of project management / LOUIS LOUSBERG -- chapter 9 Role of action research in dealing with a traditional process / SEIRGEI MILLER, HENNY TER HUERNE AND -- chapter 10 Corporate strategies: For whom and for what? / JOHAN BJÖRNSTRÖM, ANN -- CHARLOTTE STENBERG -- chapter 11 Organizational change in the house-building sector / ABUKAR WARSAME -- chapter 12 Trust production in construction: A multilevel approach / ANNA KADEFORS -- chapter 13 Value-based award mechanisms / MARCO DRESCHLER, HENNES D E RIDDER AND -- chapter 14 Organizational culture in the merger of construction companies / KARIN JOHANSSON -- chapter 15 Environmental attitudes, management and performance / PERNILLA GLUCH -- chapter 16 Stakeholder management through relationship management / STEVE ROWLINSON -- chapter 17 Learning in demonstration projects for sustainable building / BARBARA RUBINO -- chapter 18 Participative design tools in inner-city redevelopment GERT -- JOOST PEEK AND JAC L . A . GEURTS -- chapter 19 Boundary objects in design / KARI HOVIN KJØLLE AND CECILIA GUSTAFSSON -- chapter 20 Methodological and other uncertainties in life cycle costing / ERIKA LEVANDER -- chapter 21 Decision-making practice in the real estate development sector / ELLEN GEHNER AND HANS D E JONGE -- chapter 22 Differences in the application of risk management / EKATERINA OSIPOVA -- chapter 23 Quantitative risk management in construction / KALLE KÄHKÖNEN -- chapter 24 Concentration ratios in the construction market / SILVIO SANCILIO |
| Summary |
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 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-320) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Building -- Superintendence.
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Construction industry -- Management.
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Industrial productivity.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction -- General.
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Building -- Superintendence
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Construction industry -- Management
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Industrial productivity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Atkin, Brian.
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Borgbrant, Jan.
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| ISBN |
9780203876084 |
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0203876083 |
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9781135998363 |
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1135998361 |
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9781135998318 |
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1135998310 |
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9781135998356 |
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1135998353 |
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9781138978188 |
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1138978183 |
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1282315811 |
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9781282315815 |
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9786612315817 |
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6612315814 |
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