Book description
Managing Change in Construction Projects: a knowledge-based approach
offers a new perspective on construction project change by viewing the
process of change management as a knowledge-intensive activity, where
team members bring their tacit and explicit knowledge into the
situation; share, create and capture this collective knowledge for
future re-use in similar situations.
Through this knowledge-based
approach, construction teams can successfully resolve and learn from
change events, leading to an overall improved performance of the industry.
The book will make a significant contribution to our understanding of
construction project change by offering new theoretical and practical
insights and models grounded in results of case studies conducted
within two collaborative construction project team settings.
By demonstrating how the social construction of knowledge works in
construction settings, the authors challenge the prevailing change
management solutions based on 'hard' IT approaches. They put forward a
balanced view that incorporates both IT-based and socially constructed
approaches to effective management of construction project change.
- helps construction managers to improve and learn through the
process of construction project change
- presents new theoretical models and offers practical guidelines
- first research-based book to directly address project change
from a knowledge-based perspective
- draws on detailed studies with construction companies, including
Ballast Construction and Kier Construction
- encourages a move from the information driven, process
integrated approach to a knowledge-based view
Sepani Senaratne, Senior Lecturer, Department of
Building Economics, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Research
Director of the department research unit - Building Economics and
Management Research Unit (BEMRU) and the leader of BEMRU research
group on 'Knowledge management and Organisational Learning.' Main
contact from University of Moratuwa for the institutional membership
of CIB - (International Council for Research and Innovation in
Building and Construction).
Professor Martin Sexton, Director of Research, School of
Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading,
UK
Director of Research for the School of Construction Management
and Engineering. Leads the 'green innovation and transition
management' research theme across the School. Joint Coordinator of the
International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and
Construction (CIB) Working Commission 65 (Organisation and Management
of Construction). The CIB is the leading world wide network of
approximately 7000 researchers in the built environment discipline
with over forty working commissions. WC 65 is one of the CIB's largest
groupings with around 150 members from 45 countries.
