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Adedigba, A A (2022) Towards integrated sustainable solid waste management in Nigerian cities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Aggiag, M A A (2005) The impact of client attributes on project success: a study of UK public construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Alhiddi, A M (2022) Building better together: the relationship between organisational culture and stakeholder critical success factors in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Alnasseri, N (2015) Managing and controlling airport construction projects: a strategic management framework for operators, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Alqarni, M (2017) Developing a framework to improve the implementation of geospatial technology in the planning and delivery of infrastructure for residential areas in Saudi Arabia: a case study of Riyadh city, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Ayman Anwar, R (2022) Enhancing the integration of sustainability assessment within dynamic BIM enabled design projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Babatunde, S (2015) Developing public private partnership strategy for infrastructure delivery in Nigeria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Bouazza, T (2019) The design of healthcare facilities: knowledge, methods and effectiveness, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Chen, X (2019) Developing a third party investment partnership framework to encourage low carbon building projects in China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Chiponde, D B (2023) Learning from project-related failures in UK construction project based organisations: an examination of actor approaches, intentions and behaviours, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Doherty, M M (2022) Exploring the expansion of planners' engagement capabilities via accessing the data from a building information model for public consultation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Gledson, B J (2017) Innovation diffusion within the UK construction sector: a study of the adoption of 4D BIM, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Faculty of Engineering and Envionment, Northumbria University.
Guo, S (2012) Pedagogical design in built environment distance education: A critical appraisal of students' learning strategies at postgraduate level, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Hope, A (2011) Greener homes for the future?: sustainability in PFI local authority social housing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Li, J J (2023) A socio-technical framework to guide implementation and value realisation of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) in the construction sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Maduka, N S (2017) The role of knowledge management in assisting key stakeholders in making informed decisions in delivering sustainable retrofitted building projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Ojiako, U (2005) Project failures: a comparative study of information and communication technologies (ICT)and construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Onalaja, A A (2023) Improving costing in infrastructure projects to accommodate uncertainties, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Osborne, A N (2005) Social conflict in construction-related inter-organizational collectives: A comparative analysis and structural equation model, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Parry, A (2015) The improvement of delay analysis in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the t Environment, Northumbria University.
Pearson, J (2014) Effective employer engagement in full time construction-related foundation degrees, with particular emphasis on workplace learning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Ponton, H (2021) Social interactions in construction design team meetings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Rodrigo, V (2016) Development of an e-business capability maturity model for construction organisations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Ruan, X (2007) Inter-organizational Knowledge Integration on Construction Projects: a Social Network Approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Built Environment, Northumbria University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: Inter-organizational Knowledge; Social Network Approach; collaborative working;
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This research compares knowledge integration in competitive and collaborative construction projects in the UK. It begins with the assumption that the most valuable commodity transferred along project supply chains is knowledge. It has been suggested that collaborative working methods (such as partnering) may represent a significant improvement in the way project knowledge can be captured and integrated. However, most academic work on knowledge management has concentrated on its integration within rather than between organizations: the topic is more difficult to address in multi-firm, project-based, and economically fragmented industries (such as construction). The present study focuses upon collaborative working as a vehicle for knowledge integration along the project supply chain. A review of the literature examines how recent approaches to construction organisation have sought to improve performance: these approaches all draw attention to such critical attributes as trust, commitment and relationships, all of which are difficult to measure. In this research, a social network analysis approach has been adopted to do this. This is the first time the technique has been put fully to this use in the context of construction projects. Software has been used to help visualize and compare knowledge networks in five projects (representing competitive and collaborative working) and this has provided data for comparison of different working patterns under different procurement systems. The working patterns and knowledge transactions in the two different procurement systems were shown to be different, and there were clear associations between the degree of collaborative working and the nature of social networks encountered. The technique has overcome previous difficulties in measuring certain attributes of collaborative working; has provided a way of benchmarking the differences in the way that competitive and collaborative working facilitate project knowledge integration; and represents a useful and novel way of analysing organizational behaviour in projects. It has explained why and how partnering and collaborative working can bring certain advantages.
Sharma, M (2014) Architectural design quality in local authority private finance initiative sheltered housing projects: the development of an evaluation tool, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment , Northumbria University.
Vasenin, M (2022) A data-driven approach to green investments: environmental performance, mispricing, and momentum, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Victoria, M (2017) Developing decision support models for early stage embodied carbon management in buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Wu, S (2010) The impact of collaborative working on construction project performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Zhao, J (2022) Rethinking value for money in Public Private Partnerships: a critique, analysis and model for transport infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.