Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Forms of Collaboration and Project Delivery in Chinese Construction Markets: Probable Emergence of Strategic Alliances and Design/Build
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Changes in regulations to allow foreign contractors to qualify as wholly foreign-owned “construction enterprises” came into effect in September 2002 as one of the steps taken by the Chinese government to honor its World ... -
Analysis of Owner’s Design and Construction Quality Management Approaches in Design/Build Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)This paper explores and classifies current approaches to evaluating quality in design/build (DB) proposals. It does so by a thorough content analysis of 78 requests for proposal (RFPs) for public DB projects with an aggregate ... -
Potential for Implementing Relational Contracting and Joint Risk Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)This paper focuses on the outcomes of the second survey in a broad Hong Kong-based study on joint risk management (JRM) through relational contracting (RC). The questionnaire survey itself focused on issues relating to the ... -
Dynamic Modeling for Construction Innovation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Previous research on construction innovation has commonly recognized the importance of the organizational climate and key individuals, often called “champions,” for the success of innovation. However, it rarely focuses on ... -
Pricing Engineering Services
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Technology has an incredible impact on the pricing and profitability of engineering services. Historically, pricing for engineering services has been based on labor-hours. However, some in the industry have experienced at ... -
Navigational Measures for Managing Defective Designs
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Defective designs have been acknowledged as important risks in construction projects. For effective management of these risks, it is important to understand how and why the defects happen. Part of an ongoing research ... -
Long-Term Entropy and Profitability Change of United States Public Construction Firms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)A firm’s business composition and the sales volume of each business segment are subject to change depending, to a considerable extent, on the firm’s business strategy. These changes were first weighted and represented as ... -
Competency-Based Model for Predicting Construction Project Managers’ Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Using behavioral competencies to influence human resource management decisions is gaining popularity in business organizations. This study identifies the core competencies associated with the construction management role ... -
Environmental Assessment of Logistics Outsourcing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)Environmental awareness is increasingly important to society, government, and industry, and there is a strong demand for sustainable development practices. The importance of supply chain management is critical, as it ... -
Quality-Based Contractor Rating Model for Qualification and Bidding Purposes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)A quality contractor on every construction project would make project management simpler for Department of Transportation (DOT) project engineers and strategic planning more accurate for DOT executives. A qualification ... -
Capital Project Portfolio Management for Federal Real Property
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005)The U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Government Accountability Office, and Federal Facilities Council, among others, find that effectively managing federal real property assets requires increased management attention, ... -
Convergent Views of Neutrals and Users about Alternative Dispute Resolution
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)The success or failure of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) depends heavily on effective implementation, which in turn is founded on a good understanding of the principles and features of ADR. This paper reports a study ... -
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Team Effectiveness and Individual Myers-Briggs Personality Dimensions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Competition in the business world has led to the need for increased productivity. One way that companies, as well as academic institutions, have tried to meet this need is by using teams. However, many of the expected gains ... -
Suitability of the Critical Incident Technique to Measure Quality of Construction Coordination
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Previous research by the writers suggests that industry practitioners and researchers have found it difficult to align the construction coordination function with the “classic” quality improvement models of total quality, ... -
Gender Differences in Occupational Stress Among Professionals in the Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)There is accumulating evidence that stress levels among construction professionals are increasing and that this is manifesting itself in the form of unsafe working practices, higher turnover, lower morale, and poorer ... -
Measuring Effectiveness of Materials Management for Industrial Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)A measurement of the effectiveness of the material management process is needed in order to analyze problems, suggest solutions, and assess the impact of modifications to the process. Such measurement is also required for ... -
Exploiting Opportunities in Uncertainty During the Early Project Phase
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)The early project phase is associated with uncertainty. In past literature on projects as well as in business, uncertainty (risk) is often conceived of as something unpleasant that should be avoided. This paper, in contrast, ... -
Contracting Relationship Trends and Transitions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Construction industry reports worldwide have called for radical cultural changes to reduce adversarial conflicts and increase productivity levels. These reports have recommended reintegration of fragmented function and ... -
Development Strategies for Chinese Design Institutes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)China is gradually opening up its engineering construction services sector to overseas contractors and consultants as part of its move towards joining the World Trade Organization (WTO). Traditionally, design institutes ...