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Abdul-Aziz, A-R, Jaafar, M and Hussin, A A (2007) Are government-linked construction companies in Malaysia still valid? The indigenous contractors' perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1009–19.
Kaluarachchi, Y D and Jones, K (2007) Monitoring of a strategic partnering process: the Amphion experience. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1053–61.
Lavy, S and Shohet, I M (2007) On the effect of service life conditions on the maintenance costs of healthcare facilities. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1087–98.
Leung, M-Y, Skitmore, M and Chan, Y S (2007) Subjective and objective stress in construction cost estimation. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1063–75.
Na, L J, Ofori, G, Ling, F Y Y and Hua, G B (2007) Role of national institutions in promoting innovation by contractors in Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1021–39.
Rooke, J A, Koskela, L and Seymour, D (2007) Producing things or production flows? Ontological assumptions in the thinking of managers and professionals in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1077–85.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Decision making; indexicality; learning; lean construction; management theory; metaphysics; ontological categories
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0144-6193&volume=25&issue=10&spage=1077
- Abstract:
New approaches to production management can be conceptualized as treating production as flow rather than transformation. These alternatives can in turn be regarded as reflecting opposing ontological positions, holding respectively that reality is constituted of temporal process, or atemporal substance. The new production philosophy thus arguably represents a process ontology radically different from the atemporal metaphysics underlying conventional methods and theories. Moreover, research in physics education has identified the disjunction between ontological categories of 'substance' and 'process' as a particularly acute barrier to understanding process phenomena. Studies are presented which demonstrate the possibility of specifying and classifying mental models, with regard to two important management solutions in construction. Thus, procedures typically adopted in quantity surveying and the implementation of structural engineering design are examined. Methods of measurement used in quantity surveying are designed to account primarily for physical, rather than temporal properties. In design, the emphasis is on representing properties of finished structures, rather than the construction processes. The process is then managed by treating the design and its execution as separate products. It is argued here that alternative, more effective management solutions are derived from a process ontology.
Yang, L-R (2007) Exploring the links between technology usage and project outcomes. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1041–51.