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Managing innovation in construction /

By: Jones, Martyn.
Contributor(s): Saad, Mohammed.
Publisher: London : Thomas Telford, 2003Description: xix, 314 p. : ill, ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0727730029; 9780727730022:; 9780727730022.Subject(s): Construction industry -- Technological innovations | Construction industry -- Management | Reengineering (Management)DDC classification: 624.0684
Contents:
The key features shaping the context for innovation in construction -- Review of the responsiveness of construction to innovation -- Construction's response to post-Fordism -- The conceptual framework for innovation -- The effectiveness of project management in implementing innovation in construction -- The emergence and implementation of partnering in construction -- The emergence and implementation of partnering in construction -- The emergence and implementation of supply chain management in construction -- Key factors conducive to innovation in construction.
Summary: This work investigates best practice across sectors of the economy and their transfers into the context of construction. It examines the development and diffusion of innovation to address adversarial relationships, and the fragmented processes and lack of customer focus, which charaterises much of the industry.
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Includes index and bibliographic references.

The key features shaping the context for innovation in construction -- Review of the responsiveness of construction to innovation -- Construction's response to post-Fordism -- The conceptual framework for innovation -- The effectiveness of project management in implementing innovation in construction -- The emergence and implementation of partnering in construction -- The emergence and implementation of partnering in construction -- The emergence and implementation of supply chain management in construction -- Key factors conducive to innovation in construction.

This work investigates best practice across sectors of the economy and their transfers into the context of construction. It examines the development and diffusion of innovation to address adversarial relationships, and the fragmented processes and lack of customer focus, which charaterises much of the industry.

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