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035 _a(Sirsi) u120942
100 _aAdams, J. D.
245 _aProject management in public sector construction projects
260 _c2002
490 _aJournal of Construction Procurement
_v8(2) November 2002, 84-100(17)
520 _aUK clients are often sceptical about the value added to a capital building project by the use of external consultant project managers. Objective quantification of the precise influence that the consultant project manager has on the performance variables of time, cost and quality has become crucial given the increase in the use of project management. Presents a causal path model developed to deliver such a quantification and provides a fully analysed provisional data set. Discusses the implications for the project management discipline. Tables and references [Taken from journal abstract].
590 _aABS
650 _aCASUAL PATH MODEL
650 _aCONSULTANTS
650 _aPERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
650 _aPROJECT MANAGERS
650 _aTRANSACTION COSTS
650 _aSTANDARD FORMS OF APPOINTMENT
650 _aBUILDING PROJECTS
690 _aProject management
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700 _aBrown, A.W.
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999 _c71893
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