Making sense of construction improvement /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Green, Stuart, 1958-
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Θέματα: Construction industry > Management.; Economic history.; Building > Superintendence.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.; Electronic books.

"The book sets out deliberately to challenge current directions in construction management, confronting the assumption that knowledge is uni-dimensional and accumulative. It will be argued that any understanding of construction management depends upon a critical orientation that does not subjug...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Front Matter
• Construction in the Age of the Planned Economy
• The Dawn of Enterprise
• Leanness and Agility in Construction
• The Improvement Agenda Takes Shape
• Rethinking Construction
• Understanding Clients: Beyond the Machine Metaphor
• From Business Process Re-Engineering to Partnering
• Lean Construction
• From Enterprise to Social Partnership
• A Legacy of Dilemmas
• Index.