Mutti, C d N and Hughes, W P (2001) Contemporary organizational theory in the management of construction projects. In: Akintoye, A (ed.) Proceedings of 17th Annual ARCOM Conference, 5-7 September 2001, Salford, UK.
Abstract
Organizational theory has moved from a focus on structure to a focus on culture. The aims of modern construction project teams can often be helped by the understanding offered from organizational theory, yet projects and firms still seem to fail, despite an enormous amount of learning about how successful organization work. The aim of this research is to investigate why it is that firms and projects seem not to apply in practice the understanding that exists in the literature of organizational theory.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | human factors; management theory; organizational structure; organizational culture; project management |
| Index terms: | management theory, organizational culture, construction project, construction project team, human factor, organizational structure, project management, organizational theory |
| Subjects: | management, sociology, project management theory and practice, project delivery, production management, occupational health and safety management, business |
| Topics: | Health and Safety, Project Management, Business Strategy, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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