Managing Change in Construction Projects
A Knowledge-Based Approach
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Beschreibung
Managing Change in Construction Projects: a knowledge-basedapproach offers a new perspective on construction projectchange by viewing the process of change management as aknowledge-intensive activity, where team members bring their tacitand explicit knowledge into the situation; share, create andcapture this collective knowledge for future re-use in similarsituations.
Through this knowledge-based approach, construction teams cansuccessfully resolve and learn from change events, leading to anoverall improved performance of the industry.
The book will make a significant contribution to ourunderstanding of construction project change by offering newtheoretical and practical insights and models grounded in resultsof case studies conducted within two collaborative constructionproject team settings.
By demonstrating how the social construction of knowledge worksin construction settings, the authors challenge the prevailingchange management solutions based on 'hard' ITapproaches. They put forward a balanced view that incorporates bothIT-based and socially constructed approaches to effectivemanagement of construction project change.
* helps construction managers to improve and learn through theprocess of construction project change
* presents new theoretical models and offers practicalguidelines
* first research-based book to directly address project changefrom a knowledge-based perspective
* draws on detailed studies with construction companies,including Ballast Construction and Kier Construction
* encourages a move from the information driven, processintegrated approach to a knowledge-based view
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"Managing Change in Construction Projects is a book thatseems not to know its purpose. It is a beautifully written researchpublication, but one that presents in the style of a PhD or majorresearch project, and seems well described by the abstract for thefirst author's thesis, although no such acknowledgement orreference is givens." (Construction Management andEconomics, 1 February 2012)
"This volume will appeal to advanced students of managementtheory and high level planners in the building industry." (BookNews, 1 March 2011)
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