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Yung, Pui-i. "Building safety in Hong Kong an empirical inquiry into the proliferation of unauthorized building works in residential buildings /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2006. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37943911.
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Wu, Kin-kwong. "A study of the cost management process and estimation techniques for estimating building services installations in the building construction industry /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949597.
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Duckles, Beth Molinari. "The Green Building Industry in California: From Ideals to Buildings." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195694.
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This dissertation examines the growth of environmentally sustainable commercial building practices as a voluntary, market-based standard called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), created by the US Green Building Council. I address how environmental ideals became institutionalized and integrated into the design and construction of commercial buildings through the growth of this standard. My goal is to discuss the site at which an ideal becomes a part of organizational practice and to discuss mechanisms by which social movement ideals become institutionalized without the state as a coercive force.First, I look at the historical context in which the environmental movement and the green building movement emerged to see understand adoption of voluntary market-based standards. The USGBC was able to bring together three disparate forms: environmental ideals, the creation of a voluntary standard and a market-based profit focus. I examine how the decentralized environmental movement, the rise of "third wave" environmentalism and corporate strategic environmentalism and a lack of political opportunity made this new form a useful strategy for the movement. Then I examine the importance of the LEED AP accreditation program as a mechanism for integrating green practices into professional work by socializing them through three frames, the LEED system, integrated design and high efficiency buildings. I introduce a new model called hybrid professionalization to explain the integration of social movement ideals across an industry and with a variety of professional groups. Finally, I turn to the demand side of the field to examine the role of organizational consumers and their strategies to rationalize green building to stakeholders. I discuss various ways that green buildings allowed organizations to display and enact their greenness.
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Cooper, David L. "An eco-profile of building materials." N.p, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Mumford, Peter John. "Enhancing performance-based regulation : lessons from New Zealand's building control system : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy [in Public Policy] /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1206.
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Кисіль, Тетяна Володимирівна, Татьяна Владимировна Кисиль, and Tetiana Volodymyrivna Kysil. "Optimization activities machine-building industry." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/33559.
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Mechanical engineering plays a key role in the socio-economic development of Ukraine and is considered the foundation of the whole industry of Ukraine. Today, domestic enterprises are in poor condition with low activity. Implementation in Ukraine innovative model of machine-building industry - is an objective need and alternative way to improve the international competitiveness of Ukraine's economy as a whole.
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Peace, Sarah L. "Partnering in the UK building industry." Thesis, University of Reading, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341588.
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Chan, Po-keung, and 陳保強. "Project management of building services engineering work in Hong Kong building construction industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1989. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31251171.
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Ngan, Po-yuen Ricky. "Market entry and integration strategies for building products /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13731270.
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Tang, Wai-kuen Raymond. "Cost management for building contractors in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31601212.
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Lam, Hon-sang Ivan. "Building construction research centre." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25948842.
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SANTOS, RODRIGO LUIZ GOECKS. "CHANGING MANAGEMENT: BUILDING A MARKET ORIENTED INDUSTRY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=12235@1.
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O conceito de Orientação para o Mercado tem sido
exaustivamente pesquisado nos últimos anos e há evidências
de que a mesma é benéfica para as empresas, melhorando a
sua competitividade. Esse tema remete a três perguntas: Como
planejar um processo de Orientação para o Mercado?, Como
implantar um processo de Orientação para o Mercado? e
Orientar uma Empresa para o Mercado gera resultado
positivo?. A grande maioria das pesquisas dedica-se à
primeira e à terceira pergunta, ou seja, estudam a
conceituação da Orientação para o Mercado, o
planejamento ou os resultados da implantação. Há uma
lacuna, portanto, na segunda pergunta - Como implantar um
processo de Orientação para o Mercado?. Este
trabalho buscou o preenchimento desta lacuna através da
identificação dos principais desafios, dificuldades e
soluções presentes no processo de implantação da Orientação
para o Mercado em uma empresa familiar. Os resultados
obtidos demonstram a importância de entender a Orientação
para o Mercado como um processo de mudança cultural na
organização e, sendo assim, considerar os aspectos humanos
que regem os comportamentos diante da implantação desta
nova cultura organizacional. Os resultados demonstram,
também, a relevância do entendimento das especificidades de
uma empresa familiar. Resultados complementares, futuras
pesquisas e implicações gerenciais foram, ainda, discutidos.The Market Orientation concept has been intensively researched in the last years and there are evidences that it is beneficial to the companies, improving their competitiveness. This subject remits to three questions: How to plan a process of Market Orientation?, How to implement a process of Market Orientation? and Does the Market Orientation process generate a positive result to the Company?. Most researches focus on the first and third questions which means that they study the Market Orientation either at planning or implementation level. As a consequence, there is a gap concerning the second question - How to implement a process of Market Orientation?. This work intended to fulfill this gap through the identification of the main challenges, difficulties and solutions present in the Market Orientation process implementation in a family owned company. The results showed the importance of understanding the Market Orientation as a process of cultural changing in the organization and the human aspects that determine the behaviors facing this new organizational culture. Results also demonstrated the relevance of understanding the specific characteristics of a family owned company. Complementary results, future researches and managerial implications have been discussed too.
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Menendez, Jose K. "Building software factories in the aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50301.
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Thorpe, Tony. "Information flow in house building organisations." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1992. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6751.
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This research describes an investigation into the information flows within the technical and commercial functions of house building organisations. It was initiated because of the evidence of poor data transfer and communications within the construction industry as identified by previous research. Little previous research had addressed the particular problems of the house building industry which accounts for up to a third of total new construction output in the UK. The organisational and information structures of six house building companies were examined and a typical organisational model developed. This model highlighted the importance of the technical and commercial functions of estimating, purchasing, valuations and cost monitoring/comparisons and the need for effective transfer of information between them. The information flows between these functions were studied and modelled using systems analysis techniques of data flow diagrams and entity-relationships models. The requirements for a computer-aided management system to improve and rationalise the information flows were identified and an integrated system, known as DEVELOP, was developed. The system was installed into a collaborating company and its advantages and disadvantages monitored over time. The main outcomes of the research are: (a) an organisational model for a typical house building organisation; (b) data flow and entity-relationship models for the functions of estimating, purchasing, valuations and cost monitoring/comparisons; and (c) an operational integrated management system for house builders that provides: (i) faster throughput of information (for example the time required to aggregated dwelling quantities for a typical development is reduced from three man days to one hour);(ii) greater consistency of information (by the provision of a company data library); and (iii) better communications between the functions (due to the integrated nature of the system and the adoption of a common coding system).
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Chau, Kwong-wing. "Total factor productivity of the building industry of Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1990. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12997924.
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Wong, Lok-wah. "Organizational forms in the building services industry in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12317627.
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Howe, A. Scott. "Modular robots for self-constructing building systems." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B39005185.
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Seddon, Robert Craig. "The changing role of the architect in the building process." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25947436.
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Shum, Ying. "Climbing scaffolding in Hong Kong's building construction." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2005. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37936438.
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Jimenez, Jose Manuel. "Feasibility of the SIMSUPER simulation model in the renovation of building projects." Link to electronic version, 1999. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-052699-142450/unrestricted/thesis.pdf.
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Laepple, Eberhard Sebastian. "Exploring project collaboration systems in the building industry." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4360.
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The use of Web-Based-Collaboration-Systems (WBCS) continues to grow as part
of information technology development in the Architecture-Engineering-Construction
(AEC) industry. WBCS provide different media channels to support collaboration across
geographical distributed teams. However, many companies are still hesitant to integrate
WBCS.
This research provides an understanding of how WBCS are used in practice.
Most distinctively, it obtained practice data from several major US architecture firms
and examined about 30,000 transactions produced during actual design and planning
projects as practicing architects, engineers and consultants used WBCS. The study investigated
what information was used and exchanged among participants during the different
design stages. This was related to the different media channels of WBCS.
The raw project data has been coded and transformed into secondary data
through computer-supported content analysis. Based upon categories from previous literature,
such as communication, coordination and design theories, the data has been analyzed
for sender, receiver, channel and content of information transmitted. The content has been characterized into work tasks, information handling behavior and design activities.
Additional interviews with industry professionals produced information that had
not been documented through WBCS and that corroborated the analytical findings. The
combination of theory, quantitative, and qualitative analysis has been synthesized into a
portrait of WBCS usage that was validated through triangulation.
The analysis of digital records of design communication from practice through
content analysis is a new research methodology in AEC. The evidence supporting design
methods theory shows the changes in tasks and information handling in regards to the
project phases. It indicates that the most frequent loops of design activity are Evaluation-
Analysis-Synthesis and Evaluation-Synthesis-Evaluation. It documents the actual usage
of WBCS based on descriptive statistics and Markov models. WBCS was used primarily
as a document repository and calendaring tool. The remote team members used it more
frequently than centrally located participants. The study shows the limitations of WBCS:
none of the verbal communication was captured. More significant, the entire email exchange
took place outside the WBCS. WBCS was used very extensively, if the implementation
of the system supported the organizational structure and vice versa.
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Emmitt, Stephen. "The diffusion of innovations in the building industry." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.551097.
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Whyte, Jennifer. "Virtual reality applications in the house-building industry." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2000. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7229.
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This study explores the potential for British housing developers to use virtual reality (VR) for the design and evaluation of housing developments. Four research questions were formulated after a review of relevant literature on house-building, VR technology and industrial innovation. These cover the context, technical problems and implementation issues related to VR use in the house-building industry. To address these questions the following tasks were undertaken: firstly a survey of the top 100 British housing developers' use of computer-aided design (CAD) and visualisation software and their attitudes to VR; secondly practical trials of PC-based VR systems for the modelling of housing developments; thirdly a case study of VR implementation in a British house-building company; and fourthly a multiple case study of VR use in Japanese house-building companies. The overall research problem is addressed by recourse to the findings of the different research methods. The use of IT and the house-building organisation, similarities and differences between CAD and VR implementation, and comparison between Japanese and British house-builders VR use are discussed. VR in house-building practice and policy is then considered. A number of general conclusions are drawn from this study. First, that PC-based VR is of use to British housing developers for explaining design intent to non-designers, both within and outside to the organisation. Second, that housing developers' use of virtual reality at the early design stages is hampered by the current state of the technology. Third, that organisational transformation is required for housing developers to implement and obtain maximum benefit from virtual reality. Finally future scenarios are explored to provide the house-building industry and policy makers with information on which to base decisions about how to invest or promote investment in virtual reality.
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Pritchard, Catherine. "Skin cancer prevention in the house building industry." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424185.
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Morse, Margaret Catherine. "Anaerobic biodegradation of biocomposites for the building industry /." May be available electronically:, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Lin, Chun-ming. "Managerial use of quantitative techniques in building project management : contractors perspectives /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949275.
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Ayus, Abdul Mohaimin Bin Noordin. "Building contract claims a comparative study (Scotland, England and Malaysia) /." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 1992. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=59638.
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Wong, Lok-wah, and 王樂華. "Organizational forms in the building services industry in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1985. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31263483.
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Fenton, Evelyn M. "Strategic agenda building and change in the water industry." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1996. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/34738/.
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An investigation into the trajectory of river water quality as a strategic issue for the water industry was conducted within two water organisations. This research traced the profile of this issue on the agenda of the water authorities over twenty years and within the industry over a century. The aim was to gain insights into processes of strategic agenda building and organisational development and change, linking process to performance in the achievement of river quality. A contextualist theory of method was adopted in a comparative case study approach which sought to assess the performance of the two organisations in attaining improvements in river water quality during the time frame. The contextualist methodology necessitated examining the agenda building process from multiple levels and over time. To this end extensive archive research and 40 interviews were conducted.The influence of the wider social environment and the sector in the long term were found to be important in the formation of sector and organisational ideology which conditioned organisational developments. A structurationist approach demonstrated the key social structures and their properties implicated in the formation of organisational ideology and its change, as the water authorities were privatised. A process model of strategic agenda building was developed and extended, based on an earlier model by Dutton (1988). This emphasised the influence of multiple contexts, the role of organisational ideology, issue related activities and the actions of sponsors as important additions to the original model. Further, the use of structuration theory, underpinned by a Realist perspective, outlined a conception of agency based on the causal powers granted by the necessary relations of the organisational structure or ideology, and that agency was granted by organisational members' access to alternative structural systems outside the organisational context. This research concluded that the links between structure, process and performance are implicated in incremental and transformational change, and that the properties of structure were instrumental in the propensity for adaption and change. Finally, organisational processes should accurately reflect the rules of the system for change to work.
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Nkado, Raymond Nnaemeka. "A construction time information system for the building industry." Thesis, University of Reading, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303176.
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Weil, Rebecca Endicott Birdseye 1970. "Building markets : the liberalization of the European telecommunications industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9167.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-258).
This dissertation examines the process through which distinct national market structures and competitive dynamics could endure in the telecom industry, even as telecom markets were liberalized throughout the Europe Union. The opening of national markets and the international expansion of the telecom operators led many industry observers to predict that a single global market characterized by fierce competition among a few giant firms would emerge beyond the reach of national governments. In the European Union, the initiatives to create a common market for telecommunications posed a further challenge to the national governments' ability to maintain barriers to competition and influence market outcomes in the telecom industry. Finally, the convergence of telecoms, computing and broadcasting stimulated the rapid growth of the internet and a myriad of new on-line services that crossed borders indiscriminately and were very difficult for governments to control. Calling into question the strong predictions of globalization in the telecom industry, this dissertation explores how differences in national regulation, industrial policy and market shape the development of competition in the national telecom markets of France, Germany and the United Kingdom. In each national context policy makers and firms responded differently to the challenges of market liberalization and technological change. First, within the broad European regulatory framework, the national governments adopted different regulatory regimes to oversee the development of competition and the provision of universal service in the liberalized markets. Second, the national governments introduced distinct industrial policy initiatives and regulations to promote investment and innovation in new internet technologies. Third, the new entrants in the liberalized markets were politically powerful national players with very different core businesses and entry strategies. When the European telecom markets were opened to competition, these diverse policy choices and strategic responses created very different frameworks within which competition would develop and new markets for the internet and on-line services would grow.
by Rebecca Endicott Birdseye Weil.
Ph.D.
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Kendall, Stephen Holmes. "Control of parts : parts making in the building industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67392.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1990.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 230-236) and index.
The thesis advances a diagramming tool called PAct. Each diagram is a model of a "value adding" enterprise, representing materials processing, parts manipulation and assembly, and the agents involved. Its purpose is to support analysis of the interactions of agents and parts in production flows which are too complex to be held intuitively in mind. In exercising the tool in simple demonstrations of both conventional and "innovative" instances of parts production, two basic diagram patterns appear: "dispersed" patterns in which agents control (make) parts independently, and "nested" or "overlapping" patterns where some agents control and others indirectly control (design). Descriptive power of complex making processes is increased by putting both "processes" (changes made by agents) and "products" (parts) together in the same diagrams. Designing is found to be vital but not the only or even the dominant relation between agents in value added flows. PAct grew out of questions regarding difficulties the design professions often have, when trying to improve conventional house building practices. However, the tool is more generally useful to product manufacturers, building industry researchers, historians of technology, and designers who need accurate descriptions of value added flows of any parts making enterprise, to supplement present analysis tools.
by Stephen Holmes Kendall.
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MCCARTHY, MARK JAMES. "ARCHITECTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY A PERSPECTIVE ON THE BUILDING INDUSTRY." The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555245.
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Mahmoud, Khalid Mukhtar. "Building industry and organizational fitness : nature, measurement and development." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53316.
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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is well understood that the advancement in information technology and increasing globalization has led our business environment to become much more complex and uncertain. Similarly the appropriateness of a firm's strategy can be defined in terms of its fit, match or congruence with the environment or organizational contingencies facing the firm. Thus at the turn of the 21st century, the concepts of industry and organizational fitness playa significant and predominant role in ensuring survival. The study presumed that, although various models and tools related to measuring and building industry and organizational fitness have been contributed by various authors, there exists an absence of comprehensiveness and coherence between them. Thus it aimed at investigating and analyzing different contemporary strategic management approaches and tools, so as to describe the comprehensive nature of industry and organizational fitness and find all-inclusive areas of measuring and building organizational fitness. According to the analysis done it was found that a significant level of overlap components of industry fitness and bewilderment exists in differentiating the elements and and organizational fitness. Moreover, although no considerable disagreement and deviation was detected between the various contemporary approaches and tools related to measuring and building organizational fitness, there is a high degree of replication and disintegration between them. In addition to this most of the approaches have a partial coverage of the important factors that influence organizational fitness and attempt to deal with problems from limited perspectives. On the bases of the analysis and findings, recommendations are provided for improving the understanding of the concepts and the nature of industry and organizational fitness. Moreover, suggestions for integrating and cohering the various strategic management approaches and tools of measuring and building organizational fitness are given.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Dit is welbekend dat ons sake omgewing baie meer kompleks en onseker geraak het weens die vooruitgang in informasietegnologie en toenemende globalisasie. Die geskiktheid van 'n firma se strategie kan gemeet word aan hoever dit pas by die omgewing en die gebeurlikhede wat die firma mee moet deel. Aan die begin van die 21 ste eeu speel konsepte van industrie en van organisoriese fiksheid 'n oorheersende en betekenisvolle rol in die bepaling van oorlewing. Daar is gevind dat, alhoewel daar al baie geskryf is oor verskillende modelle en metodes om industrie en organisoriese fiksheid te meet en te bou, daar tog 'n gebrek is aan volledigheid en samehangendheid. Dus ondersoek en analiseer hierdie studie die eietydse benadering tot strategiese bestuur en die metodes wat gebruik word. Die doel is om die aard van industrie en die fiksheid van 'n organisasie omvattend te beskryf en om metodes te vind om dit te meet en uit te bou. Die analise toon dat daar 'n groot mate van verwarring en oorvleueling bestaan in die uitkenning van die elemente en komponente van die fiksheid van 'n industrie en 'n organisasie. Alhoewel daar nie groot verskille of afwykings tussen die eietydse benaderings en metodes is nie, is daar wel baie herhaling en disintegrasie. Die meeste benaderings dek ook net gedeeltelik die belangrike faktore wat 'n organisasie beïnvloed en benader die probleme vanaf beperkte perspektiewe. Op die basis van die analise en bevindings word aanbevelings gedoen sodat die konsepte en aard van die industrie en organisoriese fiksheid beter verstaan kan word. Ook is daar voorstelle vir die integrering van die verskillende strategiese bestuursbenaderings en die metodes vir die meet en opbou van organisoriese fiksheid.
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Gaber, Abubaker Abubaker. "Factors affecting maintenance labour productivity in the building industry." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2016. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/e5cab306-fb48-430b-8f72-7f247ab242bf.
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The research explored ways for improving maintenance labour productivity and reducing maintenance costs. This can be achieved through reducing the number of maintenance activities and by improving the productivity of labour carrying out repair and maintenance tasks. The research established that Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) techniques, in particular, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) could be applied to building systems, in this case to the maintenance of Rainwater Goods to identify the most applicable and cost effective maintenance strategy. As a result it was found that while 60% of failure modes identified could be rectified by employing a Failure-Based Maintenance strategy, 40% of the failure modes require a Condition-Based Maintenance strategy which is not currently applied. Labour productivity is a subject of tremendous interest to research in the construction industry; the study found however, very little research on the productivity of labour in building repair and maintenance operations. It was found that measurement of building maintenance labour productivity has not been the focus of any previous studies. Indeed no measures of productivity for building maintenance were identified. Having considered a number of alternative measures, the research identified the productivity index expressed in terms of Estimated Hours/Actual hours to be the most appropriate measure of labour productivity in repair and maintenance operations. Using this measure, it was established that labour productivity is impacted by a number of variables including task performance, labour performance, material usage and seasonal variability. Among the objectives of the research was to identify the factors influencing labour productivity. Through a survey questionnaire, it was possible to identify the factors that have the greatest impact on maintenance labour productivity; these were the level of skills and motivation of workmen; quality of information and work instructions; labour turnover and absenteeism; availability of tools and material, and access to the job site. The analysis of historical repairs data from two building repair and maintenance organisations revealed that during the performance of the same tasks, one of the data sources was almost 25% more productive than the other. The research has established that there is a potential for improving labour productivity carrying out building repair and maintenance.
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Koch, Sharron Lee. "Relationship Building and Unethical Behavior in the Hospitality Industry." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2492.
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Relationship building is a fundamental component to develop successful businesses, although corrupt purchasing executives pay bribes in excess of $1.5 trillion dollars annually. The participants for this case study consisted of 10 national sales managers who have successfully implemented strategies to train suppliers in relationship building in a hotel in Greensville, South Carolina. The resource dependence theory grounded the study. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies a hotel owner in Greenville, South Carolina used to train managers on relationship building. Collection of data included 8 semi-structured telephone interviews and 2 video interviews that were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim, archived data, and field notes. Using a modified van Kaam method and methodological triangulation, 3 prominent themes were identified that included the appropriateness of relationship building activities to collect data critical to negotiations, the need to clarify unclear expectations, and developing an increased awareness of the gray areas for possible boundary violations between the vendor and the customer. The data from the results indicated the need for increased training to reduce the number of instances of unethical behavior perceived in relationship building activities. The implications for positive social change include the potential to increase the awareness of ethical issues in multicultural business settings on the part of national sales managers, which could decrease the rate of unethical behavior in the hospitality industry.
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鄧惠權 and Wai-kuen Raymond Tang. "Cost management for building contractors in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31601212.
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Choi, Ming-hang Edmund. "Evaluation of the cost estimating systems /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949780.
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Sarmah, Archita. "Three essays in the biopharmaceutical industry building on a process perspective of market entry." Thesis, Cergy-Pontoise, Ecole supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018ESEC0004/document.
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Dans les trois essais de ma thèse, je prends une perspective processuelle sur la décision organisationnelle d'entrée sur le marché. Le regard processuel est très pertinent pour les entreprises dans les industries à forte intensité scientifique. Dans ce contexte empirique, une entrée sur le marché avec un produit est précédée de tentatives, parfois multiples, en recherche et développement (R & D), qui sont à la fois couteuses et empreintes d’incertitudes. Les tentatives par R&D d'avoir un produit sur un marché non seulement précèdent mais aussi sont plus fréquentes qu'une entrée réussie avec un produit. Pendant la période de tentatives d’entrée, une firme prend de multiples décisions stratégiques tel que, choix d’un marché et d'un collaborateur en R&D, choix d’abandonner R&D sur un marché mais remettre cette décision à plus tard et entrer le marché à nouveau. Ces types de décisions et ses effets sont des thèmes que j’étudie dans ma thèseIn the three essays of my dissertation, I take a process perspective of market entry and study the drivers and outcomes of strategic decisions that firms make in their efforts towards an eventual product entry. The process perspective is highly pertinent for firms in science-based industries, such as, the biopharmaceutical. In this empirical context, actual product entry is preceded by multiple and frequent attempts in R&D that is not only costly but fraught with uncertainty. In the first chapter, I study the drivers of a firm’s decision to collaborate with a market incumbent upon new market entry. In the second chapter, I investigate the antecedents of a firm’s decision to re-enter a previously exited market. In the last chapter of my dissertation, I study the market-level drivers of a re-entering firm’s eventual R&D project performance in the market
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Joshi, Surabhi. "Guidelines to integrate life cycle assessment in building design." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31791.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010.Committee Chair: Augenbroe, Godfried; Committee Member: Bayer, Charlene; Committee Member: Gentry, Russell. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Rankine, Tim. "Building a theory about change in Australian software firms." Thesis, View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/37753.
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This thesis describes the development of a body of theory explaining why the principals of Australian software firms have difficulty in changing the organizational structures of their businesses. The need for change is predicated on the view that availability of capital is an essential prerequisite for sustainable growth in Australian software firms and that firm principals, in the main, have not implemented organizational structures preferred by Australian investors. A grounded theory approach is used, drawing upon personal knowledge of the software industry using sense making and self ethnography research methods. Personal knowledge is complemented with data from semi-structured interviews and secondary sources. Concepts developed from the data are related to theoretical and empirical work under the rubric of organization studies. What emerges from the data and the literature is: firstly, the Australian software industry is likely to consist of multiple organizational fields each one of which encompasses a small number of software firms servicing customers in specific vertical markets; secondly, to attract capital the principals of Australian software firms will need to change the structure of their organizations and thirdly, change will be radical and revolutionary in nature and may be difficult to achieve. This thesis contributes to the organizational studies literature by extending existing work to include an analysis of issues use of institutional theory addresses a gap in the present understanding of the manner in which the principals of Australian software firms approach the establishment of structures required of sustainable growing businesses. A future research agenda is presented building upon the findings of this study.
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Oey, Marvin. "Effects of selected practices on the cost performance of building projects /." Digital version, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3008408.
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Skandhakumar, Nimalaprakasan. "Integrated access control for smart buildings using building information models." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2014. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/72922/1/Nimalaprakasan_Skandhakumar_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis investigates the use of building information models for access control and security applications in critical infrastructures and complex building environments. It examines current problems in security management for physical and logical access control and proposes novel solutions that exploit the detailed information available in building information models. The project was carried out as part of the Airports of the Future Project and the research was modelled based on real-world problems identified in collaboration with our industry partners in the project.
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Rwelamila, Pantaleo Mutajwaa Daniel. "Quality management in the public building construction process." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 1996. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31854.
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The poor quality of public buildings in the Botswana construction industry has been surrounded by controversy and strongly held opinions. The work reported here attempts to indicate some salient issues affecting the quality management system, with particular reference to the construction phase. Three propositions are addressed by the work. First that quality problems related to public building processes in Botswana are primarily due to an inappropriate project organizational structure. Secondly, that the traditional building procurement system provides a poor quality management system. The third proposition is that the traditional building procurement system does not facilitate derived quality levels as defined by the contract drawings and specifications. Five objectives of this study are identified and various issues which are fundamental to the research are reviewed. The first is the way in which the Botswana public building sector is organized, focussing on the building construction process. The second is the review of quality management theories both in the manufacturing and construction industries. The third is the relationship between the project management structure and project quality management, and the quality of building. The fourth is the proposal of a conceptual framework of an appropriate quality management system. Finally, recommendations about how to deal with organization of public building projects in order to select appropriate quality management systems are given.
Information is obtained on the research areas through the use of the following methods:
1. Consultations with quality management practitioners and review of the Quality Management literature.
2. Questionnaires to architects, quantity surveyors, engineers, construction firm executives, contracts managers, site managers, trade foremen and skilled tradespersons, on quality management problems and procurement systems.
3. Case studies investigating approaches to site quality management in general and the adequacy of quality management documents.
4. Semi structured interviews investigating public building clients views on the quality management system and project procurement systems.
The data collected are analysed using triangulation (qualitative and quantitative methodologies) methodology and the main results are reported below. The primary conclusion to be drawn is that the quality management system purported to be in use in the Botswana public building sector differs significantly from that recommended in the theory, resulting in poor quality buildings. This is primarily due to the use of an inappropriate building procurement system. In general the traditional building procurement system in the Botswana public building sector is used as a 'default system'. There are indications to suggest that it is used merely because the clients and consultants have failed to consider the issue of appropriateness. An appropriate quality management model for the construction phase is proposed with a proviso that the Botswana public building sector should establish appropriate methods of selecting appropriate procurement systems as a prerequisite in formulating appropriate quality management systems for various projects.
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Tam, Kai-man. "Building international strategic alliances through a network approach /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20262899.
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Musgrave, Elizabeth Caroline. "The building industries of eastern Brittany, 1600-1790." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670351.
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Cheung, Ho-leung, and 張浩良. "The impact of minimum wages ordinance on the performance of building attendant in building management industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194925.
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The Minimum Wage Ordinance was introduced since 1 May 2011. It was widely discussed among the society on how it affects the economy and the market nature of Hong Kong. Employer has carried out different measures on either changing the term of employment contract or raise up the requirement for the employee as to compensate the addition salary cost they have paid under this regulation.
Being a participant in building management service, we observe that owners/ residents rise up their expectation on the performance of building attendant. They believe the increase of salary under MWO would motivate the building attendant on their work and it would also attract more candidates with higher qualification and personal ability to join the service sector. However, there is a variation between the expectation and the reality.
This research is attempted to identify whether the implementation of MWO would improve the performance of building attendant and what are the factors of giving such impact by studying the change of labour market of building management and the result of customer satisfaction survey conduct in this research. From these findings, we would try to verify if there is any direct relationship between MWO and building staff performance and recommend some appropriate strategy to owners/resident on how to improve the performance of building attendant.published_or_final_version
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Elder, John Richard. "THE AUSTRALIAN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES & BUILDERS LABOURERS FEDERATION AND THE NEW SOUTH WALES BUILDING INDUSTRY." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2155.
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Australia, during the twenty five years that followed the end of the Second World War, experienced increased prosperity and a stable industrial relations system in which the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (the federal commission) played a dominant and authoritative role. The NSW building boom which began in the latter part of the 1950s introduced new technology, concentrated building workers in the central business district of Sydney, and broadened the range of skills required of builders' labourers. The major NSW building tradesmen's union, the Building Workers' Industrial Union (NSW/BWIU), had a communist leadership. The national body of that union lost its federal industrial registration in 1948, and the NSW/BWIU moderated its behaviour after it nearly lost its own, NSW state, registration in 1957. The Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders' Labourers Federation (ABLF) had a federal award under which most of the members of its NSW branch (NSW/BLF) were employed. The leadership of both the ABLF and of the NSW/BLF were communist. The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) suffered a defection by the ABLF leadership in the early 1960s to a communist party which endorsed Marxist- Leninist policies. The BWIU leadership also left the CPA (and formed the Socialist Party of Australia) following an announced shift in policy direction by the CPA in 1969. That shift in policy abandoned the `united front' concept and adopted ultra-left policies which advocated vanguard action by small groups. The announcement by the CPA of its new policies occurred after the gaoling of a Victorian union leader which signalled the virtual collapse of the previously authoritative, and punitive, role of the federal commission. The structure and politics of society underwent enormous change during the 1960s and early 1970s which was an era of protest during which various social movements were formed. The NSW/BLF became a major participant in those protests and movements, and conducted various industrial and social campaigns during the first half of the 1970s. Those campaigns were conducted in line with the ultra-left policies of the CPA, and this isolated the NSW/BLF from its federal body and from the trade union movement generally. This thesis analyses some of the campaigns conducted by the NSW/BLF during the period 1970-1974 and the various responses by the Master Builders Association of NSW (MBA/NSW) to those campaigns. The MBA/NSW broadened its membership base during the 1950s, and the effect that its new membership structure had on its decision-making processes is also considered.
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Elder, John Richard. "THE AUSTRALIAN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES & BUILDERS LABOURERS FEDERATION AND THE NEW SOUTH WALES BUILDING INDUSTRY." University of Sydney, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2155.
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Master of Industrial RelationsAustralia, during the twenty five years that followed the end of the Second World War, experienced increased prosperity and a stable industrial relations system in which the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (the federal commission) played a dominant and authoritative role. The NSW building boom which began in the latter part of the 1950s introduced new technology, concentrated building workers in the central business district of Sydney, and broadened the range of skills required of builders' labourers. The major NSW building tradesmen's union, the Building Workers' Industrial Union (NSW/BWIU), had a communist leadership. The national body of that union lost its federal industrial registration in 1948, and the NSW/BWIU moderated its behaviour after it nearly lost its own, NSW state, registration in 1957. The Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders' Labourers Federation (ABLF) had a federal award under which most of the members of its NSW branch (NSW/BLF) were employed. The leadership of both the ABLF and of the NSW/BLF were communist. The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) suffered a defection by the ABLF leadership in the early 1960s to a communist party which endorsed Marxist- Leninist policies. The BWIU leadership also left the CPA (and formed the Socialist Party of Australia) following an announced shift in policy direction by the CPA in 1969. That shift in policy abandoned the `united front' concept and adopted ultra-left policies which advocated vanguard action by small groups. The announcement by the CPA of its new policies occurred after the gaoling of a Victorian union leader which signalled the virtual collapse of the previously authoritative, and punitive, role of the federal commission. The structure and politics of society underwent enormous change during the 1960s and early 1970s which was an era of protest during which various social movements were formed. The NSW/BLF became a major participant in those protests and movements, and conducted various industrial and social campaigns during the first half of the 1970s. Those campaigns were conducted in line with the ultra-left policies of the CPA, and this isolated the NSW/BLF from its federal body and from the trade union movement generally. This thesis analyses some of the campaigns conducted by the NSW/BLF during the period 1970-1974 and the various responses by the Master Builders Association of NSW (MBA/NSW) to those campaigns. The MBA/NSW broadened its membership base during the 1950s, and the effect that its new membership structure had on its decision-making processes is also considered.
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Rankine, Tim. "Building a theory about change in Australian software firms." View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/37753.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2008.A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Business, School of Management, in partial fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references.