Managing knowledge in the construction industry /
Styhre, Alexander
Managing knowledge in the construction industry / by Alexander Styhre - London: New York: Taylor & Francis 2016 - viii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Spon research .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-199) and index.
Occupational groups and professions, practices, institutions and knowledge in construction work -- Site management work and the value of coaching : a relational view of knowledge -- Materiality, aesthetics, and social and cultural capital in architects' work -- The architect's gaze : visual artefacts, perception and knowledge in architects' work -- Knowing the concrete : knowledge and skills in a specialist rock construction company -- Institutionalizing knowledge in construction work organizations : theoretical and practical implications.
Knowledge management presents a new way of understanding organizations and companies, and is especially suited to sophisticated and highly technical firms and operations such as those in the construction industry.
This new book draws on hard data from three separate research programs in Sweden and shows how the concept of knowledge can make sense in the construction industry, an industry which can be viewed in essence as being engaged in the material transformation of "nature into buildings". In particular it explores and examines three different businesses: a medium sized construction firm; Wingårdh Architecture, Sweden’s most prestigious architecture firm; and BESAB, a specialist concrete injection firm working on underground construction. An emerging theme is the situational and context-bound nature of knowledge in the construction industry, thus showing "knowledge" to be a remarkably heterogeneous concept.
A range of readers should find the book useful, from students and construction managers through to researchers.
9781138995567 (pbk)
2008038091
Construction industry--Information resources management.
Knowledge management
Construction industry--Communication systems.
Construction workers--Training of.
Architects and patrons
TH215 / St9 2009
Managing knowledge in the construction industry / by Alexander Styhre - London: New York: Taylor & Francis 2016 - viii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Spon research .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-199) and index.
Occupational groups and professions, practices, institutions and knowledge in construction work -- Site management work and the value of coaching : a relational view of knowledge -- Materiality, aesthetics, and social and cultural capital in architects' work -- The architect's gaze : visual artefacts, perception and knowledge in architects' work -- Knowing the concrete : knowledge and skills in a specialist rock construction company -- Institutionalizing knowledge in construction work organizations : theoretical and practical implications.
Knowledge management presents a new way of understanding organizations and companies, and is especially suited to sophisticated and highly technical firms and operations such as those in the construction industry.
This new book draws on hard data from three separate research programs in Sweden and shows how the concept of knowledge can make sense in the construction industry, an industry which can be viewed in essence as being engaged in the material transformation of "nature into buildings". In particular it explores and examines three different businesses: a medium sized construction firm; Wingårdh Architecture, Sweden’s most prestigious architecture firm; and BESAB, a specialist concrete injection firm working on underground construction. An emerging theme is the situational and context-bound nature of knowledge in the construction industry, thus showing "knowledge" to be a remarkably heterogeneous concept.
A range of readers should find the book useful, from students and construction managers through to researchers.
9781138995567 (pbk)
2008038091
Construction industry--Information resources management.
Knowledge management
Construction industry--Communication systems.
Construction workers--Training of.
Architects and patrons
TH215 / St9 2009