Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Advice to Young Construction Engineers
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Partnering‐Project Performance in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)Partnering in engineering and construction usually involves an agreement between an owner and contractor to work together for an extended period of time, over several consecutive contracts. Because of legal regulations, ... -
Implementing TQM in Engineering and Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)Seventeen major companies involved in the engineering and construction (E&C) industry (eight owners and nine contractors) were interviewed. The companies were selected based on their known successful implementation of total ... -
Resistance to Change: Why Your TQM Efforts May Fail
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)Change, including the implementation of total quality management (TQM) principles, will be met with resistance at the individual, group, and organizational levels. The manager should be aware of potential barriers or ... -
Effective Total Quality Management (TQM) Process for Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)This paper presents a 10‐element total quality management (TQM) process that includes the common elements found in the TQM processes being used by design and construction companies. The model draws on two primary sources—i.e., ... -
Marketing For Emergencies
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Management Forum
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993) -
Applying Total Quality Management to Design and Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)In May of 1992, in Dallas, Tex., the Construction Engineering Program at Iowa State University held its third “Total Quality Management (TQM) in Building Design and Construction Workshops.” As was true for previous workshops, ... -
Quality Improvement Experiences in E/A Firm
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)This article describes one firm's experiences in improving the quality of its internal functions in order to improve its client services. History is outlined, noting the steps the firm took toward improvement. The organization ... -
Empowering High‐Performing People to Promote Project Quality
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)In large architect/engineer/construction (A/E/C) organizations in the 1990s, the profitability and competitiveness of a firm are driven by, more than any other element, the ability of the organization's leadership to empower ... -
Managing Implementation of Change
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)Research, development, and practice have produced many new innovations that could significantly increase the productivity and efficiency of the construction industry, but few of these have been effectively employed. A study ... -
Essential Tools of Total Quality Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)The literature on total quality management (TQM) has described the various concepts, philosophies, benefits, needs, value, and experiences associated with TQM. However, little has been offered in the everyday management ... -
Total Quality Management at Construction Jobsites
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)A major challenge in implementing Total Quality Management (TQM) in the design/construction industry is applying its principles on the jobsite. For years TQM has been readily applied to manufacturing, in which work is ... -
An Organizational Development Process to Prepare for Total Quality Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993) -
Implementing TQM in Consulting Engineering Firm
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)Experiences from applying total‐quality‐management (TQM) concepts to a 1,500‐person, 32‐office engineering and architecture firm are described. An essential element is training for management and staff in TQM concepts, ... -
Checklist of Critical Success Factors for Building Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)Previous research has determined the existence of a set of critical project success factors that play an important role in the planning, design, and construction of successful building projects. The basic form of these ... -
Employee Involvement in Engineering and Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)As the construction industry has become more competitive, construction managers have begun applying Frederick Taylor's scientific management principles to the design of construction jobs by breaking jobs into elements, ... -
Adult‐Development Perspective for Managing Professionals
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)This paper is a study of an area of human behavior important to many professionals: career stages. This paper attempts to address how understanding career stages from a total life perspective can better equip professionals ... -
Management Forum
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Skills Required of Effective Project Managers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)Engineers are increasingly required to undertake the management of projects. This paper examines the role of the project manager in relation to the skills required to fulfill this position. The different organizational ...