Description du livre
The construction industry continues to face substantial demands forimprovement in quality and cost control, and a reduction incontract disputes. A number of management concepts have beenpromoted to help achieve this, but many in the industry find theconcepts confusing and are sceptical about their usefulness.
This book brings together, in a single volume, the mainmanagement concepts relevant to the construction industry,providing an objective account of the concepts and showing how theyinterrelate:
* value management
* buildability
* benchmarking
* total quality management
* partnering and alliancing
* supply chain management (new for this edition)
* re-engineering
In addition to a new chapter, a new section on strategicalliancing has been added. Text and references have been updatedthroughout.