Strategic Management of IT in Construction
Published on 29. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-632-04026-1 (ISBN)
Description
Provides an introduction to the ideas of strategic management and strategic use of information technology (IT) and sets these against real life case studies to demonstrate the best of current commercial practice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
46
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
1235 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-04026-1 (9780632040261)
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Content
Part A Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis.1. The importance of new approaches to management; 2 Strategic management - definitions and techniques; 3 Strategic management in construction; 4 The significance of IT; 5 The scope for IT in construction; 6 Strategic information systems planning techniques; 7 Implementing an IT strategy in practice; 8 The way forward. Part B Current It Practice in Construction Businesses.9 Current strategic practice; 10 Benchmarking as a methodology; 11 Benchmarking IT use in construction; 12 Benchmarking project information integration. Part C Improving the Strategic Use of IT in Construction.13 A strategic health check; 14 Measuring the benefits of IT innovation; 15 Priorities for IT innovation; 16 Long-term IT research priorities; 17 an IT-supported new process; 18 Capability and maturity in process management; References and Bibliography; Index.