Social Network Analysis in Construction
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
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Social Network Analysis in Construction Increasingly demanding and knowledgeable clients in construction require an approach to project management that recognises both the important role played by the client in the definition of a project and the lack of certainty that large and/or complex projects present.
Having identified the importance of managing relationships, both analysts and practitioners today need a sophisticated framework and methodology for observing systems and managing the complex relationships in major construction project coalitions.
Social Network Analysis in Construction shows how social network analysis (SNA) can be used to observe, monitor and analyse systems and relationships. Although this has been an established analytical technique in the US for some time, it is only now being developed in the UK.
Stephen Pryke spent nearly two decades investigating major project relationships using SNA and brings together here 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 UK’s largest property developers – the UK Ministry of Defence, and a County Council.
SNA is innovative – but potentially inaccessible to project management analysts and practitioners. The author provides 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, he also looks at how we might apply the network analysis findings to the design and management of project and supply chain networks.
Postgraduate students and academic researchers in Project Management and Construction Management, as well as practitioners from professional consultancies and project management companies will find here an excellent exposition of an often inaccessible subject.
The author Dr Stephen Pryke is a Senior Lecturer in Project Management at The Bartlett School, University College London and Director of Studies for the MSc Project and Enterprise Management programme there. He has published a number of books and papers in leading research journals dealing with supply chain management, social network analysis and the legal aspects of procurement reforms in the UK. His work has been presented to a number of international research conferences and his work on procurement and project management systems in France and China has been published by the RICS. He has provided project management training and consultancy to a number of major European companies and is a consultant to Durland Consulting in Chicago, USA. Prior to entering academia in the mid 1990s, he ran his own consultancy and held a number of senior project management positions in both the public and private sectors within the UK.
About the author ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Understanding the construction sector 1
Structure of the book 5
Summary 8
Chapter 2 Rationale for a Network Approach to the Analysis of Project Management Systems 10
Introduction 10
Review of approaches to the analysis of procurement and management systems 10
Presentation of analysis and implementation of recommendations 11
A social network analysis approach to the analysis and visualisation of organisational forms 30
Summary 33
Chapter 3 Twenty-First Century Reform and Emergent Systems in Construction 36
Introduction 36
Collaborative relationships: partnering, strategic alliances, framework agreements 37
Supply chain management 47
Network clusters 57
Integrating systems and linkages 60
Summary 61
Chapter 4 The Construction Project as a System of Interdependent Governance Networks 63
Introduction 63
Institutional economics and the governance of transactions 63
A model for analysis 67
Social network analysis in the study of reforms in procurement and management systems within the construction industry 70
Some fundamental concepts in social network analysis 70
Previous applications of SNA to the construction industry 72
SNA and its application to the analysis of UK construction networks 73
Propositions 75
Summary 76
Chapter 5 Social Network Analysis as a Research Method 77
Definition 78
Origins and history 79
Why choose social network analysis? 81
Problems associated with the use of SNA in construction research 83
Concepts and terminology 84
Defining the population for the study 94
Finally on SNA theory and techniques 95
Software for the analysis of networks 96
Getting started in social network analysis 97
Conclusion 99
Chapter 6 Network Case Studies 101
Criteria for the selection of case studies 103
Essex project: traditional procurement, public sector – records office 104
Uxbridge project: traditional procurement, private sector – commercial office building 111
Aldershot project: collaborative procurement, public sector – sports facilities and office accommodation 123
Slough project: collaborative procurement, private sector – commercial office building 129
Summary of the case study selection criteria 139
Chapter 7 Interpreting the Network Diagrams for the Case Studies 140
Essex project: non-collaborative public sector procurement 140
Uxbridge project: non-collaborative private sector procurement 150
Aldershot project: collaborative public sector procurement 160
Slough project: collaborative private sector procurement 167
Final thoughts 177
Chapter 8 Data Analysis for the Case Studies 179
Mathematical analysis of network data 179
Networks of contractual relationships 180
Cost monitoring and control networks 185
Instruction networks 191
Progress monitoring networks 195
Performance incentives networks 197
Design development communication networks 199
Summary 201
Conclusions: using SNA to classify team roles in different procurement systems 202
Final thoughts 211
Chapter 9 Managing Networks 213
Introduction 213
How did we understand and manage our organisations before SNA? 215
Managing networks 217
The key points in managing networks 236
Final thoughts 238
Chapter 10 Summary, Conclusions and Final Thoughts 239
Summary 239
Conclusion 244
Final thoughts 245
Appendix: SNA questionnaire 247
References 252
Index 265
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.7.2012 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 631 g |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Bauwesen |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-34391-3 / 1118343913 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-34391-3 / 9781118343913 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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