Thomas, Gill,  1950- <br/><br/>
Construction partnering & integrated teamworking / 
 Construction partnering and integrated teamworking 
Gill Thomas and Mike Thomas. 
 - Oxford, UK ;  Malden, MA :  Blackwell Pub.,  2005. 
 - ix, 235 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-232) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405135566 1405135565 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>B-29011 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005004147 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Construction industry--Management.<br/>Teams in the workplace.<br/>Strategic alliances (Business)<br/>Partnership.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9715.A2  / .T56 2005