Change management in public agencies to attain low carbon efficiencies

Ibbottson, K; Farrell, P; Whittleston, GS

Abstract

There is great impetus to implement change in all areas of the UK economy. Key aims are to reduce costs and CO2 emissions, and increase efficiency and growth. There are often difficulties in putting change into practice, evidenced by the perceived lack of progress on 1990s recommendations by Latham and Egan. Change can be most difficult in the public sector, whereby long established ways of working are culturally ingrained. The basis of this research is a comprehensive literature review. It forms the foundation for an electronic survey of practising professionals in a leading government agency that procures major construction projects; findings from this survey will be reported in subsequent work. The survey embraces the whole supply chain of the agency, since many authoritative sources call for integration, and
for change to be implemented in partner organisations. The research will also be supported by interviews, both at early stages in the development of the main research instrument, and in later stages during interpretations of findings. The main analytical approach will be quantitative.
There is a focus upon the role of leadership in implementing change and judgements are made
about whether the knowledge level of practitioners is sufficient to allow them to drive new initiatives. Conclusions and recommendations are made regarding training, knowledge management and Building Information Modelling.

Citation

Ibbottson, K., Farrell, P., & Whittleston, G. (2015). Change management in public agencies to attain low carbon efficiencies

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 30, 2016
• Publication Date: Jun 10, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 16, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 16, 2019
• Journal: Proceedings of the 12th International Postgraduate Research Conference in the Built Environment
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 782-789
• Publisher URL: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/36227/
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Proceedings ISBN: 9781907842726