O’brien, W J; Fischer, M A and Jucker, J V (1995) An economic view of project coordination. Construction Management and Economics, 13(5), pp. 393-400. ISSN 01446193
Abstract
We introduce current thinking from the field of coordination economics and apply it to the coordination needs of construction firms working on a project. A view of construction from an economic lens provides a different view of construction from that normally taken by practitioners and researchers. Combined with cost-time-capacity models of construction firms, we are able to offer a new paradigm for coordination policy in construction. This new paradigm provides an economic basis for the development and adoption of information technology by construction firms.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | capacity; construction costs; coordination; economics; information technology; systems analysis |
| Index terms: | construction cost, coordination, paradigm, practitioner, construction firm, information technology, systems analysis |
| Subjects: | organization, financial and cost management, analytical methods, management, education and knowledge transfer, computing systems, practitioner |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Engineering Principles, Organizational Design, Digital Applications, Business Strategy, Cost Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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