Perceived managerial functions in the front-end phase of innovation

Rekonen, Satu; Björklund, Tua

doi:10.1108/ijmpb-03-2015-0024

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“…The managers reported that finding roles for every team member was challenging, especially for the less active team members. Furthermore, in some of the cases defining separate roles for all members when there were many representatives from the same discipline was reported as difficult" [26].…”

Section: General Project Managementmentioning

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Investigating the Challenges of Engineering Project Managers in achieving Sustainability in the UK Construction Industry

Uzoigwe

Atoofi²,

Lewis³

et al. 2023

JERR

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Aim: The essential purpose of the current research was to identify the challenges faced by project engineering managers in the UK construction industry while seeking to achieve sustainability. Study Design: The current study was built upon six important subjects in order to accomplish this goal. In the current study, the researcher opted to do both qualitative and quantitative analysis. The quantitative analysis comprised frequency analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis and was based on data collected through questionnaires. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in Bristol United Kingdom for an investigative period of six (6) Months including the research question distribution and collection time as well as the interview and interaction sections with the Construction Project Engineering Managers. Methodology: In light of the nature of the current research, the researcher selected the mixed research design. Mixed research design is the method used to collect data and analyze it using both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Results: The major threats in handling the challenges of Project Engineering Management are; A probability of impact of 59.28% and a level of impact of 40.2% for General Project Management(GPM) and Establishing a Climate of trust (ECT) factors both ranked Cost Class 1, Providing a suitable context for development work (PSCDW) factor was ranked as Cost Class 2 having the percentage of occurrence (51.29%) and level of impact (36.67%) , Providing support within the team (PSWT) factor and Taking Responsibility and ownership (TRO) factor were ranked as Cost Class 4 having percentage of occurrence (40.22% and 36.78%) and level of impact (45.75% and 53%) respectively, it was noted, that GPM and ECT can cause a great threat if ignored during engineering project management procedures. Conclusion: The study resolved that policies should be put in place to guarantee that advancement in the building sector follows economic integration. It was revealed from the findings of the study that construction is heavily dependent on conventional methods in most rising economies, including the UK, which makes the adoption of novel techniques more challenging and stressful. An important barrier to attaining sustainable construction is clients' and other stakeholders' lack of support for innovative construction techniques. The findings further revealed that the implementation of eco-friendly building practices by the construction sector has the tendency to reduce an asset's overall environmental impact and promote sustainable economic growth.

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Section: General Project Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating the Challenges of Engineering Project Managers in achieving Sustainability in the UK Construction Industry

Uzoigwe

Atoofi²,

Lewis³

et al. 2023

JERR

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“…The integration of construction knowledge and experience is most beneficial in the early phases of the project (Lahdenperä, 2013). These phases are usually characterized by having the largest potential to influence the design with minimum impact on cost (Kristensen et al , 2015; Rekonen and Björklund, 2016). Research identifies that the construction industry has had positive experiences from practicing ECI (Lahdenperä, 2013; Naoum and Egbu, 2016).…”

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Early contractor involvement approaches in public project procurement

Wondimu

Hosseini

Lohne

et al. 2018

JOPP

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Early contractor involvement (ECI) faces many barriers when it is implemented in public procurement, given that it is different from traditional business practices. Primarily, public owners face a major challenge, as they should treat all bidders equally. The purpose of this paper is to explore suitable ECI approaches that public owners could use. In addition to a literature and document study, fourteen semi-structured in-depth interviews with key personnel from eleven cases selected from Norwegian public bridge projects were carried out. In all, 23 unique approaches of ECI were identified during this research (16 from literature and 7 new from case projects). The findings provide a new direction to ECI through introducing new approaches of ECI from the case projects.

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Perceived managerial functions in the front-end phase of innovation

Cited by 2 publications

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Investigating the Challenges of Engineering Project Managers in achieving Sustainability in the UK Construction Industry

Investigating the Challenges of Engineering Project Managers in achieving Sustainability in the UK Construction Industry

Early contractor involvement approaches in public project procurement

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