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Argues, with evidence from a number of related studies, that in order to effectively manage quality in the construction … project environment, firms need two things. First, externally orientated, flexible, quality improvement systems are required …
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temporalities and stakeholder theory by connecting them to the question of non‐human stakeholders and to project management …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how animals can become stakeholders in interaction with project … management technologies and what happens with project temporalities when new and surprising stakeholders become part of a project …
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Purpose – A quality management system based‐ISO 9001 focuses on confirming process conformance from the initial … quality assurance in project management. It is hoped to that it will be helpful in pursuing continuous quality improvement in … is found that there are information asymmetries in quality management from internal and external organizations …
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CIRC’s report, released in 2001, recommended many improvement measures related to total quality management (TQM) principles … globally, in search of an improvement framework to enhance their quality culture. Originality/value – This paper is an original …
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‐categories. These were used as input for a quality assurance tool designed to analyze the degree to which FM is taken into consideration …
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construction, it is vital if procurement, build and operation are to improve. A hypothesis was formulated that uses a total quality … total quality orientation can reconcile and enhance economic and public interests – was tested through a survey of major … stakeholders in public construction projects. It was found that, by developing a concept of critical leadership to drive through …
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Utilizes approaches from systems analysis, quality management and previous empirical results to formulate the framework … system concept and total management philosophy and provides an in‐depth understanding of the criteria of quality and … impacting factors to form the basis on which to enhance and control quality. Combines expert opinions from project owners …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore employees' perceptions of work‐life balance (WLB) in an Australian infrastructure construction project, using semi‐structured focus groups. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 43 employees participated in the focus groups,...
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Purpose – Clients of the construction industry, an important segment of the project management (PM) discipline, can make an important contribution to the occupational health and safety (OHS) performance of the construction projects they procure. This practice note aims to describe an...
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Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to study the influence of procurement on the performance of integrated design teams. Design/methodology/approach – The research paradigm is based on Russian socio‐constructivist approach to activity theory. Activity theory, as opposed to natural or...
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