Project Management in Construction - Couverture souple

Walker, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 063205736X ISBN 13 : 9780632057368

Editeur : Blackwell Science Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Project management is now regarded as the key to effective design and construction of building and engineering projects, and it is an increasingly important part of construction, surveying and civil engineering undergraduate and postgraduate courses. This book provides a systems approach to management, as applied to construction, and is particularly concerned with integration of the contributors and the ways in which decisions are made. The revised edition provides a general update on recent research and new coverage of partnering and its underpinning theory.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

The management of construction projects continues to be problematic as the complexity of projects themselves and the environments in which they are constructed increasingly challenge project organisations to deliver effective projects within cost and time constraints. Appropriately structured organisations are essential for the delivery of effective projects, the design of which requires an in–depth knowledge of the organisation theory applied to the definition, design and construction of projects.

This book adopts an essentially systems approach to organisation analysis and design from the initial concept of the project. It enriches this approach by incorporating both other relevant organisation theory and transaction cost economics. It is concerned particularly with the integration of the contributors to the process and the way in which decisions are made.

The fourth edition extends considerably the application of transaction cost economics to project management to explain how construction project organisations are formed. It incorporates the partnering phenomenon which is also explained using transaction cost economics. Organisation culture is included as a complement to other organisation theory and in addition contributes to the explanation of partnering.

The book has been updated generally in terms of both organisation theory and advances in the project management field itself and the references have been considerably expanded.

Revue de presse

"There is no doubt that this work is at the forefront of project management today......It takes project management theory onto other plane better populated by academics and researchers, its use to the pragmatic project Manager in the field may be somewhat limited" Ian Cowling, Civil Engineering Surveyor, July 2002

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 063205736X
• ISBN 13: 9780632057368
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible