Social network analysis in construction / Stephen Pryke

By:

Pryke, Stephen, 1954- [aut]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: New York : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xiii, 270 p.)) : illISBN:

9781280585722
1280585722
9781118343937
9781118343920

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Additional physical formats: 9781118343913 | 1280581166 | Erscheint auch als: 1-280-58116-6 Druck-Ausgabe | Erscheint auch als: 978-1-11-834391-3 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:

624.0684

LOC classification:

HD9715.G72

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Summary: The objective of the book is to make accessible the ways in which social network analysis (SNA) may be used to observe, monitor and analyse systems and relationships in major construction project coalitions. Although this has been an established analytical technique in the US for some time, it is only now being developed in the UK. Having spent nearly two decades investigating major project relationships using SNA, the author has brought together mathematical and sociological methods, and major project relationships in a manner that will inspire both academic interest and a desire to apply these concepts and techniques to live construction projects. Case studies include projects from two of the UKs largest property developers, the UK Ministry of Defence and a County Council. SNA is innovative - but potentially inaccessible to project management analysts and practitioners. This book will provide clear and relevant explanation and illustration of the possibilities of using SNA in a major project environment. In addition to offering the potential; for sophisticated retrospective analysis of a wide range of systems associated with construction and engineering project coalitions, the author looks at how we might apply the network analysis findings to the design and management of project and supply chain networks.Summary: Social Network Analysis in Construction -- Contents -- About the author -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Understanding the construction sector -- Structure of the book -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Rationale for a network approach to the analysis of project management systems -- Introduction -- Review of approaches to the analysis of procurement and management systems -- Presentation of analysis and implementation of recommendations -- A social network analysis approach to the analysis and visualisation of organisational forms -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Twenty-first century reform and emergent systems in construction -- Introduction -- Collaborative relationships: partnering, strategic alliances, framework agreements -- Supply chain management -- Network clusters -- Integrating systems and linkages -- Summary -- Chapter 4: The construction project as a system of interdependent governance networks -- Introduction -- Institutional economics and the governance of transactions -- A model for analysis -- Social network analysis in the study of reforms in procurement and management systems within the construction industry -- Some fundamental concepts in social network analysis -- Previous applications of SNA to the construction industry -- SNA and its application to the analysis of UK construction networks -- Propositions -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Social network analysis as a research method -- Definition -- Origins and history -- Why choose social network analysis? -- Problems associated with the use of SNAin construction research -- Concepts and terminology -- Defining the population for the study -- Finally on SNA theory and techniques -- Software for the analysis of networks -- Getting started in social network analysis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Network case studies -- Criteria for the selection of case studies.PPN: PPN: 807355534Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PBE | ZDB-30-PQE

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