Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms

Building Research and Information

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 523-535

  Cicmil, Svetlana ^a   Marshall, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Turner and Townsend Construction and Management Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Complexity; Construction project; Interaction; Management skills; Organizational change; Project dynamics; Project management; Team integration; Two stage tender

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

COLLABORATION; COMPLEXITY; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; INTERACTION; MANAGEMENT SKILLS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PROJECT DYNAMICS; TEAM INTEGRATION; TWO-STAGE TENDER;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27344439225     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210500288886     Document Type: Review

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