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Ahlstrand, R (2022) Structures of subcontracting: Work organisation, control, and labour in the Swedish building sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Sociology, Lund University.
AlNasseri, H A (2015) Understanding applications of project planning and scheduling in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Construction Sciences, Lund University.
Andersson, N (2003) A mesoeconomic analysis of the construction sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Bahrami, S (2021) Product information quality: A sustainability challenge in design and construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Bildsten, L (2016) Purchasing in construction companies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Hooper, M (2015) BIM anatomy II: Standardisation needs & support systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Kakitahi, J M (2014) Causality, magnitude and impact mitigation of rework in Uganda, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Landin, A (2000) Impact of quality management in the Swedish construction process, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Larsson, R (2021) Modelling and simulation of factors influencing on-site construction of concrete frameworks: Studying the effects of resource allocation, weather conditions, and climate-improved concrete, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Martínez Avíla, C (2018) Stakeholder participation in property development, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Mwanaki Alinaitwe, H (2008) Improvement of labour performance and productivity in Uganda's building industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Olander, S (2006) External stakeholder analysis in construction project management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Pemsel, S (2012) Knowledge processes and capabilities in project-based organizations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Persson, M H (2006) Lessons learned in knowledge management: The case of construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Persson, U (2009) Management of sustainability in construction works, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Division of Construction Management, Lund University,.
Stenis, J (2005) Industrial management models with emphasis on construction waste, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Sunding, L (2015) On problems, joint problem solving and change: A human behavioural approach in a construction sector context, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: psychology; construction project; construction sector; site manager; decision making; problem solving
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- URL: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/8522296
- Abstract:
Critics maintain that there are a number of troublesome issues resulting from the construction sector’s way of operating and that these remain, despite widespread criticism and measures designed to change all of this. The construction sector’s and the critics’ manner of describing these problems fails to a large extent to take into consideration the way people function in connection with practical problem solving. This is remarkable. People play a central role in all building activity, their being the ones who experience a need, make demands, commission work, formulate and solve problems, evaluate results, and the like. Therefore, people need to be included as a factor in an extended problem description here; the problem solver should be seen as part of the problem. Theories in psychology and social psychology can be used to identify relevant issues and to support the management of the human factor in such an extended problem definition. The research work which has resulted in the present thesis represents an attempt to understand the relationship between (1) the problems of the construction sector, (2) how the problems tend to be formulated, (3) the problem-solving strategies that are employed and (4) the problem solver involved. The aim of all of this has been to develop a methodology able to provide practical support for a given work group in a manner enabling it to make use of a greater share of its intrinsic and potential problem solving and value-creating capacity than would otherwise be the case. In a study of literature that is relevant, and in three separate empirical studies, the construction sector’s problem panorama and the possibility of creating extended and more effective problem management is investigated. The one study, involving use of a questionnaire, investigates the relationship between different problems, the work situation and how people tend to function generally. Another study was carried out as a series of seminars in which the participants were given the opportunity to increase their understanding of the significance of the human factor. A third study was carried out within an actual construction project, a small group of site managers being given, in connection with the ordinary meetings they held at the workplace, the opportunity to increase their understanding of the significance of the human factor and of the need for more extended problem formulations. The results presented in the thesis represent a proposal for just such an extended problem formulation and a methodology for implementing it. The studies carried out show that even those with long experience in the construction industry can discover new ways of seeing their daily sphere of activity. Implementation of the methodology involved presupposes the presence of a facilitating interventionist - “the liberator” – whose main objective is to free the problem solvers from different inhibiting phenomena (mainly psychological) that are operating in the problem-solving situation. This is done by introducing and leading an initiated dialogue regarding (1) the specific problems involved, as well as (2) problem solving in general, and (3) the effect of the human factor on the problem formulation, the problem solving and the decision making to be carried out.
Sundling, R (2019) Factors influencing the outcome of renovation projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.
Widén, K (2006) Innovation diffusion in the construction sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Lund University.