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Jefferies, M, Gameson, R and Rowlinson, S (2002) Critical success factors of the BOOT procurement system: reflections from the Stadium Australia case study. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 9(04), 352–61.

Love, P E D, Holt, G D and Li, H (2002) Triangulation in construction management research. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 9(04), 294–303.

Mrad, F, Abdul-Malak, M A, Sadek, S and Khudr, Z (2002) Automated excavation in construction using robotics trajectory and envelop generation. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 9(04), 325–35.

Potts, K and Wall, M (2002) Managing the commissioning of building services. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 9(04), 336–44.

Psilander, K (2002) Axiomatic design in the customizing home building industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 9(04), 318–24.

Ugwu, O O and Tah, H M (2002) Development and application of a hybrid genetic algorithm for resource optimization and management. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 9(04), 304–17.

Wild, A (2002) The unmanageability of construction and the theoretical psycho-social dynamics of projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 9(04).

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: boundaries; fragmentation; instability; (un)-manageability; role; role-set
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0969-9988
  • URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/expand?pub=infobike://bsc/ecam/2002/00000009/00000004/art00007&unc=
  • Abstract:
    The article researches construction fragmentation from the assumption that construction projects are unmanageable (Mintzberg, 1982) in conventional terms, in an attempt to give thematic unity to this problem. Socio-technical analysis which underlay the Building Industry Communications Research Project (BICRP) (Higgin & Jessop, 1963, 1965; TIHR, 1965; Chrichton, 1966) conducted by the Tavistock Institute for Human Relations (TIHR) from 1963 to 1965 is explored and developed, supplemented by other relevant authors. The argument is conducted formally without reference to particular examples and develops the debate provoked by Connaughton (2000). Formal statement of the problem assists reinterpretation (Boyd & Wild, 1999; Wild, 2001a) of existing material and new enquiry to clarify the conditions, if any, both necessary and sufficient, for the manageability of construction