The central theme in Construction Management (CM) and CM research is improving the performance of construction industry. Much effort and thought is given to improving project performance. Within CM there is a natural inclination to focus on projects and project management (PM). Companies in the construction industry also see project management as their key competence. Both have little appreciat...

This paper examined the relationship between multinational corporations' global management strategies and the resulting international human resource piactices . Four global strategies, which vary in their extent of global integration and local responsiveness, were examined (ethnocentric, regiocentric, polycentric and geocentric) . Data from international human resource professionals in forty-si...

This paper addresses the importance of tailoring education to suit the specific needs of various companies. In construction industry especially, important is to combine the knowledge of research, general contractors and their sub-contractors with software industry. These are now rather separated in Finland. The paper presents an overview of the current situation of IT education in construction ...

because of specific characteristics of companies in specific industries such asconstruction industry, whose operation cycles are usually more than one fiscal year,there are different methods and policies for revenue recognition. errors inaccounting estimates in specific industries reduce the usefulness of accountinginformation. it makes reported profit in the financial statements vary from actu...

Rapid socio-economic and technological changes have urged the implementation of new approaches to procure construction projects. Total Quality Management (TQM) is one of the approaches that contribute towards ensuring that projects are being delivered to the stakeholder requirements. This study identifies critical success factors (CSFs) that affect the implementation of TQM in the Libyan Constr...