The book presents the development of the Construction Quality Assessment System (CONQUAS), Singapore's de facto quality performance measurement system, explains the application of the Quality Management System (QMS) to manage CONQUAS and identifies 33 critical success factors (CSFs) for achieving high CONQUAS scores.
The book presents a mixed research method adopted to assess and present the Toyota Way practices within construction firms in general and for firms in China specifically.
This book identifies ten linguistic traps in our everyday language usage and provides philosophical justification for a method of determining internally consistent definitions of groups of related terms that avoid all ten traps.
This book presents the adaptation of lean principles to the precast construction industry to eliminate or minimize construction wastes, by modeling the precast construction process influencing manpower requirements.
These proceedings gather a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 6th Thailand Rail Academic Symposium (TRAS 2019), held at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand on 21-22 November 2019.
This book explores a range of important theoretical and practical issues in the field of computational network application tools, while also presenting the latest advances and innovations using intelligent technology approaches.
This book explores a range of prospective avenues, models, and operational and strategic approaches to Lean Six Sigma (LSS), a contemporary Continuous Improvement (CI) practice for achieving a quality-based competitive edge in organisations.
Taking account of modern digital era, the emergence of Internet has brought a new scenario of ecology in project management (PM), its methodology, platform, procedures and tools are subjected to subversive changes.
This book gathers the proceedings of the EPPM 2019 conference, and highlights innovative work by researchers and practitioners active in various industries around the globe.
This book presents the adaptation of lean principles to the precast construction industry to eliminate or minimize construction wastes, by modeling the precast construction process influencing manpower requirements.
This book explores a range of prospective avenues, models, and operational and strategic approaches to Lean Six Sigma (LSS), a contemporary Continuous Improvement (CI) practice for achieving a quality-based competitive edge in organisations.
This book discusses how systems thinking and approaches can aid management consultants in navigating the complexities of client advisory in current realities.
This book explores the differences in cultural attributes and management factors to enable managers working for Japanese contractors to reduce misunderstandings and misinterpretations when communicating with project team members from different cultural backgrounds.
This book discusses the relationship between construction quality and the state of the Singapore national economy, and describes how construction quality is affected as contracting firms strategically manage issues relating to profitability and survivability during economic boom and bust cycles.
This book integrates the basic theories (GST and Parson's AGIL framework), applying them to the components of social systems, state-run and business firms.
This book presents interviews with 20 successful Malaysian housing developers, to provide real-world insights and practical know-how for future developers.
This guide is designed for systems researchers - emerging and seasoned - searching for holistic approaches of inquiry into complexity, which the Systems Sciences provide.
El presente texto está dirigido especialmente al desarrollo de prácticas de laboratorio de alumnos de pregrado en ingenierías y ciencias ambientales, con el doble propósito de ilustrar los principios químicos fundamentales del análisis de aguas y el de familiarizar a los alumnos con las técnicas empleadas en el laboratorio.
Este documento contiene los fundamentos teorico/practicos que permiten priorizar proyectos de infraestructura, logistica y conectividad, basados en un conjunto de tecnicas de decision, probadas ampliamente en el contexto cientifico internacional.
Este texto, escrito a partir de la experiencia y la docencia en investigación social, aborda las diferencias y relaciones entre los enfoques cualitativo y cuantitativo, considera que la realidad social comporta dimensiones subjetivas e indicadores susceptibles de cuantificar y plantea la construcción de relaciones complementarias entre ambos enfoques que pongan en evidencia la complejidad y hetereogeneidad de las situaciones sociales.
El libro es un resumen de lo requerido para manejar adecuadamente el tema por todos los factores intervinientes en la cadena del transporte: funcionarios públicos, transportadores y generadores de carga.
La segunda edición agrega cinco capítulos que consideramos de especial importancia para aquellos que estén o deseen prepararse en el campo de la innovación sistemática y que ésta no se quede en innovaciones de carácter marginal o menor.
El enfoque empleado en este texto hace énfasis en la aplicación e interpretación del comportamiento estadístico de los procesos de producción de bienes y servicios.
A lo largo de ocho capítulos, el autor pone bajo su lupa el análisis de grandes tragedias como la del Huracán Katrina, en Nueva Orleans; las denuncias contra el presidente colombiano, Álvaro Uribe Vélez por los supuestos aportes hechos a su campaña, por grupos paramilitares; los entretelones de la renuncia del ex presidente Andrés Pastrana a la embajada en Washington; las consecuencias sobre la imagen de América Airlines, tras la masacre de las torres Gemelas; en fin, un variado muestrario de casos que dejaron sus huellas en el imaginario público.
I first became interested in the methods of planning the sequence and timing of jobs on large-scale development projects, as a field officer involved in planning and implementing mechanised farming schemes in Uganda in the mid-sixties.
As a companion to books on project-management theory, this book illustrates, in a down-to-earth, comprehensive style, how to put that theory into practice.
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Management In ten volume, is a compilation of technical terms add expressions used in management literature and communications.
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Management In ten volume, is a compilation of technical terms add expressions used in management literature and communications.
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Management In ten volume, is a compilation of technical terms add expressions used in management literature and communications.
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Management In ten volume, is a compilation of technical terms add expressions used in management literature and communications.
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Management In ten volume, is a compilation of technical terms add expressions used in management literature and communications.
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Management In ten volume, is a compilation of technical terms add expressions used in management literature and communications.
This Encyclopaedia investigates the relation of total quality manage-ment (TQM) and just-in-time purchasing (JITP) with respect to firms performance, based on theories from operations management, organization theory, strategic management and marketing.
