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Implementing change in construction project organizations: exploring the interplay between structure and agency
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UNSPECIFIED (2005) Implementing change in construction project organizations: exploring the interplay between structure and agency. In: Workshop on Rethinking Construction - Managing Projects as Complex Social Settings, Univ Warwick, Coventry, ENGLAND, JUN 24, 2004. Published in: BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION, 33 (6). pp. 547-560. doi:10.1080/09613210500288837 ISSN 0961-3218.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613210500288837
Abstract
Although change in management culture and practice has been a recurrent theme in recent years, there is comparatively little research available that explores the issues and challenges facing construction firms as they attempt to implement management 'best practices'. Yet, understanding the complex social processes involved is vital if the industry is to respond effectively to prescriptions for organizational change. This paper draws upon Giddens' (1984) structuration theory to explore the effects of the relationship between structural conditions and managerial agency on attempts to introduce change within project-based organization. The paper reports research from case studies of changed management practice in two UK construction firms. The main findings demonstrate the impact of dispersed managerial practices on the interpretative and normative rules deployed by project managers and the power resources mobilized by companies and individuals as they seek to impose, accept or resist change.
Item Type: | Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED) | ||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TH Building construction | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION | ||||
Publisher: | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | ||||
ISSN: | 0961-3218 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | 33 | ||||
Number: | 6 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 14 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 547-560 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/09613210500288837 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Title of Event: | Workshop on Rethinking Construction - Managing Projects as Complex Social Settings | ||||
Location of Event: | Univ Warwick, Coventry, ENGLAND | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | JUN 24, 2004 |
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