Culture in international construction

Culture in International Construction......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 10
List of illustrations......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Construction in an economy......Page 23
Construction, social institutions, social capital and human capital......Page 27
Culture......Page 30
Construction and culture......Page 35
Construction projects as joint ventures......Page 37
Overview of contents......Page 39
Introduction......Page 42
Globalization......Page 43
Information technology (IT) and integration of markets......Page 47
Regional ‘integration’......Page 48
Transparency and corruption......Page 50
Stakeholders, structures and processes......Page 52
Introduction......Page 61
Culture: definitions and nature......Page 62
Dimensions of cultures......Page 67
Differences and changes......Page 76
Construction culture......Page 80
Alliances......Page 82
Sustainability......Page 87
Conflict and disputes......Page 92
Introduction......Page 98
Case study 1: Developing a complex inner-city project......Page 102
Case study 2: Construction of rationalized terraced housing......Page 110
Case study 3: Subcontracting infrastructural and foundation works, a Polish case study......Page 117
Case study 4: Tendering for developing a production factory......Page 127
Case study 5: Designing a production factory......Page 140
Case study 6: Organizing an international distribution structure  
for special building materials......Page 156
Lessons for sustaining contacts......Page 170
Lessons for improving contracts......Page 172
Lessons for preventing conflicts......Page 173
Resumé......Page 175
Developments in the construction industry......Page 176
Developments in behaviour during critical incidents......Page 186
Business culture’s role in the construction industry......Page 191
Resumé......Page 194
Notes......Page 195
References......Page 196
Index......Page 208