Construction Management and Organisational Behaviour

Construction Management and Organisational Behaviour
Author: Maureen Rhoden
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2016-08-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118674812

This book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of management ideas and practices, focusing on the human relations side of construction management. Easily accessible and suitable for use within the classroom or in distance learning situations, it discusses a range of themes and trends covering evidence based management practices in the construction industry. A variety of learning elements will be included, such as case studies, projects, and review questions, fully supported by interactive web based material including multiple choice questions, exercises, annotated links to other relevant web sites and an online glossary to explain key terms. Each chapter will also contain annotated further reading, chapter summaries and outline summaries of relevant legislation within the construction industry.

Organizational Behaviour In Construction

Organizational Behaviour In Construction
Author: Anthony Walker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2011-06-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1405189576

The core of all successful organizations is the effectiveness with which people work together. Individuals have differing characteristics and personalities, and the manner in which they interact is the key to meeting organizational objectives. This is the case for all organizations, but particularly so in construction, which is distinctly different from other industries. Construction is complex and highly differentiated, with a wide range of specialists with disparate professional skills working in a highly integrated way to deliver projects successfully. Understanding how the people involved in construction behave and work together is necessary for projects to have successful outcomes. Organizational behaviour is an established field in mainstream management literature but general treatments cannot reflect the specific issues and idiosyncrasies of the construction industry and the people who inhabit it. Organizational Behaviour in Construction addresses the behaviour of individuals and groups within the different organizations which come together on construction projects and within the organizations created to manage projects. It describes how their behaviour impacts on the performance of construction organizations and their contribution to the project as a whole. Drawing on mainstream organizational literature but putting it into the specific context of construction, and containing many illustrations drawn from the industry, this book will be required reading for all senior undergraduate and postgraduate students of construction, as well as middle and senior management in the industry.

Construction Management and Organisational Behaviour

Construction Management and Organisational Behaviour
Author: Maureen Rhoden
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118674561

This book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of management ideas and practices, focusing on the human relations side of construction management. Easily accessible and suitable for use within the classroom or in distance learning situations, it discusses a range of themes and trends covering evidence based management practices in the construction industry. A variety of learning elements will be included, such as case studies, projects, and review questions, fully supported by interactive web based material including multiple choice questions, exercises, annotated links to other relevant web sites and an online glossary to explain key terms. Each chapter will also contain annotated further reading, chapter summaries and outline summaries of relevant legislation within the construction industry.

Essentials of Construction Project Management

Essentials of Construction Project Management
Author: Martin Loosemore
Publisher: UNSW Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2003-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780868407333

This book has been written as a text and reference for project management courses in both undergraduate and postgraduate building construction management courses, and quantity surveying, architecture and civil engineering programs. Its focus is on the application of important issues of project management in the construction industry.

Global Project Management

Global Project Management
Author: Jean Carlo Binder
Publisher: Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780566087066

The topic is covered through section headings such as: 'Cross-cultural Collaboration', 'Trust Building', 'Stakeholder and Communication Channels', 'Global Project Structure', 'Global Program and Project Offices', 'Interactive Audio and Video' and much more.

The Organization and Management of Construction

The Organization and Management of Construction
Author: David Langford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135813760

The proceedings of the CIB W65 Symposium on the Organization and Management of Construction conference are presented here and in the companion volumes as state-of-the-art papers documenting research and innovative practice in the field of construction. The volumes cover four broad themes: business management, project management, risk management, IT development and applications. Each volume is organized to provide easy reference so that the practitioner can speedily extract up to date information and knowledge about the global construction industry. Managing the Construction Enterprise (Volume One): Covers the firm and its business environment, markets and marketing, human resource management strategic planning, and quality management. Managing the Construction Project (Volume Two): focuses upon productivity, procurement, international projects and human issues in relation to management performance of construction organisations. Managing Risk (Volume Two): incorporates discussion of risk away from regulation by government and those safety risks inherent in the construction process. Managing Construction Information (Volume Three, published in conjunction with Construct IT Centre of Excellence): incorporates material on information systems and methods, application of IT to the design and construction processes and how IT theory and applications are best transmitted to students and practitioners. The work represents a collation of wide ranging ideas and theory about construction and how research has contributed to the development of the industry on a global application of research to the problems of the construction industry.

Construction Supply Chain Management

Construction Supply Chain Management
Author: Stephen Pryke
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2009-09-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781444319415

This book provides a unique appraisal of supply chain management(SCM) concepts alongside lessons from industry, observation andanalysis gathered during the first decade of supply chainmanagement strategies in the UK construction industry. The research from leading international academics has been drawntogether with the experience from some of the industry's foremostSCM practitioners to provide both a definition of SCM and anoverview of its development as a strategy for managing constructionprojects. Key case study material - from Slough Estates to BAA and T5 -illustrates the benefits to the industry of its adoption. Littlehas been written on the application of SCM to construction and thisbook provides an agenda for discussion for both the experiencedresearcher and the industry practitioner by offering a thoroughgrounding in its principles as well as an illustration of SCM as amethodology for industry. Construction Supply Chain Management studies makes animportant contribution to the debate on innovative systems andtheir significance in increasingly complex constructionprojects.