Prof Peter McDermott's Outputs (4)

Researching decision support : what do we need to know? (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The EPSRC funded KIM Grand Challenge project to investigate the use of Knowledge and Information Management techniques in the context of the emerging product-service paradigm in engineering is introduced. The paper focuses on the topic
addressed by... Read More about Researching decision support : what do we need to know?.

Interventions to manage trust in construction projects (2006)
Journal Article
Swan, W., Khalfan, M., McDermott, P., & Kyng, E. (2006). Interventions to manage trust in construction projects

Trust is described as an elusive concept, difficult to describe, understand, and therefore manage. The Trust in Construction project undertook five exploratory case studies in order to understand how trust is formed and the impact this has on project... Read More about Interventions to manage trust in construction projects.

Trust and Commercial Managers: Influences and Impacts (2006)
Book Chapter
Swan, W., McDermott, P., & Khalfan, M. (2006). Trust and Commercial Managers: Influences and Impacts. In D. Lowe (Ed.), Commercial Management of Projects: Defining the Discipline. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470759509.ch8

The prelims comprise:

Introduction

What is trust?

Commercial manager in construction networks

Conclusions

Achieving supply chain integration within construction industry (2006)
Journal Article
McDermott, P., & Khalfan, M. (2006). Achieving supply chain integration within construction industry. Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building, 6(2), 44-54

The main driver behind the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) philosophy into the constructin industry was the successes within other industry sectors. SCM can be defined as network of different organisations, linked upstream and downsteam in... Read More about Achieving supply chain integration within construction industry.