Managing Innovation in Construction

Author:   Martyn Jones ,  Mohammed Saad
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:  

9780727730022


Pages:   316
Publication Date:   01 October 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Managing Innovation in Construction


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This book 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 still characterises much of the industry. It explains how construction must respond to the raft of new management processes expounded throughout the last decade systematically in a bid to acheive a more appropriate approach for business innovation in construction. Through a number of practical case studies, the authors demonstrate how steps towards innovation through management systems and processes are applicable in key organizations involved in the construction process.

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Author:   Martyn Jones ,  Mohammed Saad
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Institution of Civil Engineers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.614kg
ISBN:  

9780727730022


ISBN 10:   0727730029
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   01 October 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Nature of construction: Strengths and weaknesses Constructions response to the need for innovation Models of innovation and innovation process Innovation in construction Innovation in procurement approaches and processes Partnering: a journey to fifth generation innovation Supply chain management as a fifth generation innovation Culture changes as a fifth generation innovation Culture changes as a key pre-requisite for fifth generation innovation A greater role for subcontractors Challenge of diffusing this type of innovation to the whole of construction

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