Loughborough University
Browse
THE INTRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES.pdf (60 kB)

The introduction and management of innovative construction processes and products

Download (60 kB)
conference contribution
posted on 2015-12-16, 11:06 authored by Ibrahim A. Motawa, Andrew Price, William D. Sher
To gain competitive advantage, companies have to innovate and improve continuously. Exploiting innovative products and processes requires effective management. Construction organizations should exhibit specific characteristics to stimulate new technology and to overcome the expected barriers to innovation. This paper draws together several aspects of the management and introduction of innovative processes and products within a quality management framework. The implementation of innovation requires rational decision making when considering a company’s projects and the uncertainties inherent in innovation. This may be aided by a decision system which simulates the benefits of short-term flexibility and efficiency for project based work to verify long-term performance and to achieve the desired step changes.

History

School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

ARCOM Fourteenth Annual Conference ARCOM Fourteenth Annual Conference

Volume

2

Pages

672 - 682

Citation

MOTAWA, I.A., PRICE, A.D.F. and SHER, W.D., 1998. The introduction and management of innovative construction processes and products. IN: Hughes, W. (ed.), Proceedings 14th Annual ARCOM Conference, 9th - 11th September 1998, Reading, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Vol. 2, pp.672–82.

Publisher

© ARCOM / © the authors

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

1998

ISBN

0953416100

Language

  • en

Location

University of Reading, Reading, UK

Usage metrics

    Loughborough Publications

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC