Qualifying people to support lean construction in contractor organizations

Understanding and Managing the Construction Process: Theory and Practice - 14th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-14

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 513-524

  Pavez, Ignacio ^a   Alarcón, Luis F ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Executive work; Human resource development; Lean construction; Organization development; Project manager

Indexed keywords

EXECUTIVE WORK; HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGERS;

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; GROUP THEORY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866139994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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