The Practice of Construction Management - Softcover

The Practice of Construction Management offers construction managers and students an account of management ideas and practices as applied to construction management, concentrating particularly on the human aspects. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest management thinking from both management practice and research, to provide a fascinating and thought provoking account of the essential themes and trends as they impact on management in construction. This is a readable textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of construction management, and for construction managers faced with the tasks of promoting a culture of collaborative working and balancing relationships with commercial issues. * Growing interest in the 'softer' aspects of construction management * Substantial revisions and additions, including communication, conflict management and managing innovation * Features tutor-led debate topics, discussion items and questions for each chapter * Relates construction management theory to practice

'It makes a unique contribution to the understanding of human relations issues in construction ' - Building Management Abstracts 'All round a comprehensive and very readable book' - The Royal Engineers Journal 'One of the easiest reads in construction management literature' - Campus Construction 'It provides a perfect introduction to the various theories and does a good job in relating them to construction management activities... Although I am familiar with theories it contains, the manner in which they are presented makes this a fascinating and thought-provoking read, far superior to similar books I have studied.' - Building Engineer