Controller bieten dem Management interne Beratung und Unterstützung aus dem Blickwinkel finanzieller Handlungsmotive an (vgl. Kesten 2001, S.30 ff.). Dies trifft auch bei der Planung, Abwicklung und Kontrolle von Projekten zu. Der Beratungsfokus liegt dabei insbesondere auf Fragen zur...

The paper aims to provide a language and a conceptual toolkit to deepen our understanding of the impact of relational and social issues on the success of construction projects. Building on several streams of literature, as well as on individual and group interviews with construction...

The non-repetitive nature of projects, globalization, the growing number of distributed project teams, and the substantial number of high-tech projects in which the human brain is the most important resource are just few of the forces making human resource management in projects a critical...

It is a conceptual paper that is supported by a case study done in a project oriented company and its subject matters are related to such business processes as project performance assessment, knowledge management, corporate governance through translating strategy into project operational goals,...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to assess whether employment insecurity/instability is a necessary consequence of operating as a self-employed worker in the external labour market (ELM) and to examine the role for social capital to influence any such potential insecurity/instability....

Die EUROCONSTRUCT-Studiengemeinschaft kam zu dem Ergebnis, daß sich der Rückgang der Bauproduktion 1993 im Durchschnitt der betrachteten Länder beschleunigen wird. Besonders stark werden die gewerblichen und die öffentlichen Bauinvestitionen eingeschränkt. Lediglich für den Wohnungsbau und...

The company’s success depends much on the employees contribute. But finding the right employees and tie them to the company over a long period is not easy. The competition on the job market becomes harder and harder. Also the conceptions concerning the ideal employer are becoming much more...

Mergers & Acquisitions sind ein haeufiges Phaenomen in der heutigen Wirtschaftswelt, mit hohen Misserfolgsraten von ca. 50 bis 70 Prozent. Falsches oder mangelndes Management personeller Faktoren ist haeufig dafuer verantwortlich. Im vorliegenden Buch wird das Human Resource Management in der...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of regulation on both the cost of defined benefit pension (DB) schemes and their effectiveness for human resource management. Design/methodology/approach – The paper initially outlines the factors that have affected the costs...