Makarfi, U and Udeaja, C (2019) To formulate a conceptual model for innovation: Reframing theoretical constructs of BIM adoption within SME organisations. In: Gorse, C and Neilson, C J (eds.) Proceedings of 35th Annual ARCOM Conference, 2-4 September 2019, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Abstract
The Construction industry is facing a paradigm shift in the adoption of new innovative ways of designing and delivering of projects. This innovative process includes building information modelling (BIM) which have shown significant impact on efficiency and effectiveness during a project development process within the construction industry. However, the shift to its acceptance, adoption and implementation in the emerging markets has brought distortion in the organisational culture, behaviour, and business processes of small medium enterprises (SMEs). This is often associated to the lack of clear orientation of the impact of BIM adoption to the firms. Although several theories have explained different concept relating to acceptance of innovative technologies within an organisation, however, it is crucial to understand this concept through the lens of BIM. Thus, this paper identifies the different theories concerning BIM acceptance within organisations and highlights the relationship between different factors that influence BIM acceptance within organisations. This was achieved by identifying the key factors that influence the acceptance of innovation and the process of adopting an innovation within organisations. The study involved a two-step analysis; literature review and theoretical formulation. The literature review was used to accomplish the identification of various theories that explains the acceptance process and behaviour of individuals during adoption of new innovations within SMEs organisations. The theory formulation was used to synthesize the key influencing factors and indicators identified from the literature which are further categorised into groups. The output from the literature review and theoretical formulation was consolidated to form the conceptual model that would be the basis of further research and will help in understanding the relationship between factors that influence BIM acceptance process within SMEs organisation in the construction industry.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | innovation adoption; building information modelling; small and medium enterprise; organizations; conceptual model; theoretical construct |
| Index terms: | organizational culture, distortion, implementation, construction industry, project development, effectiveness, paradigm, literature review, innovation adoption, emerging market, efficiency, building information modelling, influencing factor |
| Subjects: | education and knowledge transfer, performance management, industry analysis, information systems, networking, sociology, innovation studies, risk assessment, contractual arrangements, data analysis and analytics, project delivery, economic analysis |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, International Construction, Quality Management, Digital Applications, Procurement, Risk Management, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Project Management, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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