Construction partnering & integrated teamworking - Thomas, Gill, 1950-; Thomas, Mike, 1947- (Oxford, UK : Blackwell Pub., 2005)
The culture change to partnering and integrated teamworking -- Identifying the organisations' value criteria -- Partnering advisers and facilitators -- Internal partnering and managing change -- Selection criteria and weighting -- Selecting supplier partners -- Writing effective partnering documentation -- Evaluating client partners -- Submitting successful partnering bids -- Assessment, evaluation and award -- Developing the integrated team -- Trust -- Respect for people -- Communication -- Non-technical team roles -- Mutual objectives -- Issue resolution -- Partnering champions and the core groups -- Continuous improvement -- Benchmarking and key performance indicators -- A programme of partnering and integrated team workshops -- Initial partnering workshop -- Continuous improvement review -- Post project review -- Value management -- Risk management -- Lean thinking -- Cola--the cross organisational learning approach -- Implementing best value through partnering and integrated teamworking -- Sustainability -- Whole life costing -- Innovation -- Open book accounting -- Incentivisation and award -- Partnering contracts -- Involving interested parties and inducting new staff -- Avoiding the pitfalls of partnering -- Icebreakers and team building exercises
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-232) and index
Keywords: Construction industry -- Management; Teams in the workplace; Strategic alliances (Business); Partnership