Outputs (96)

Key issues for implementing knowledge management in relational contracting project settings
Presentation / Conference
Bakri, A., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. Key issues for implementing knowledge management in relational contracting project settings. Presented at CIB 2010, University of Salford

The necessity of relational approaches or inter-organisational relationships in construction industry might due to the nature of construction itself which often highly specialised, complex projects, involving various participants, and also with exte... Read More about Key issues for implementing knowledge management in relational contracting project settings.

Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events. Presented at CIB 2010, University of Salford

Wider scientific community now accept that the threat of climate change as real and thus acknowledge the importance of implementing adaptation measures in a global context. In the UK, the physical effects of climate change are likely to be directly f... Read More about Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events.

Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

Projections into future increasingly suggest that the intensity and frequency of Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) will increase in the future. This has demanded the business organisations as well to be prepared to face the increasing risk of EWEs, in or... Read More about Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events.

Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

Projections into future increasingly suggest that the intensity and frequency of Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) will increase in the future. This has demanded the business organisations as well to be prepared to face the increasing risk of EWEs, in or... Read More about Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events.

Coping strategies against extreme weather events: A survey of SMEs in the UK
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Jones, K. Coping strategies against extreme weather events: A survey of SMEs in the UK. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs); which generate more than one half of the employment and turnover, form an important sector of the UK economy. In fact, SMEs are considered as the backbone of the UK economy due to their significant economi... Read More about Coping strategies against extreme weather events: A survey of SMEs in the UK.

Critical success factors for knowledge management implementation in organisations: Proposing an agenda for performance improvement in the construction industry
Presentation / Conference
Bakri, A., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. Critical success factors for knowledge management implementation in organisations: Proposing an agenda for performance improvement in the construction industry. Presented at 9th International Postgraduate Research Conference in the Built and Human Environment, Salford, Greater Manchester

Knowledge management (KM) is of growing interest in today's business. With the importance of KM being realized, businesses are viewing KM as a critical success factors (CSF) in today's dynamic borderless society. Making knowledge available to the rig... Read More about Critical success factors for knowledge management implementation in organisations: Proposing an agenda for performance improvement in the construction industry.