Search Results - "Walker, Derek H.T."

Coping with uncertainty and ambiguity through team collaboration in infrastructure projects by Walker, Derek H.T., Davis, Peter R., Stevenson, Andrew

“…Managing risks and uncertainty are terms that are used interchangeably by project teams. Research on project procurement shows unexpected events in project…”
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Towards a project alliance value for money framework by MacDonald, Charles, Walker, Derek H.T, Moussa, Neveen

“…Purpose - This paper aims to present and describe a value for money framework that can be used on alliance projects to improve the consideration of, and…”
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Using an improved rich pictures approach to improve project situational analysis in complex aid reconstruction development projects by H.T. Walker, Derek, Steinfort, Paul

“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain the use (at the situational analysis project phase) of an innovation to a sensemaking and…”
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Visualising and mapping stakeholder influence by Bourne, Lynda, Walker, Derek H.T

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to offer insights into a tool that one of the authors has developed to help map, and thus visualise, stakeholder power…”
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Reflecting on 10 years of focus on innovation, organisational learning and knowledge management literature in a construction project management context by Walker, Derek H.T

“…Purpose This paper provides a brief critical analysis of how the focus on innovation diffusion, organisational learning and knowledge management has developed…”
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Building absorptive capacity in a mega-project program alliance: Learning to mitigate rework by Love, Peter E.D., Matthews, Jane, Walker, Derek H.T., Ika, Lavagnon A.

“…Collaborative procurement forms such as program alliancing can create a burgeoning environment for absorptive capacity to materialize, enabling learning and…”
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Understanding the motivation and context for alliancing in the Australian construction industry by Walker, Derek H.T, Lloyd-Walker, Beverley M

“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and explain the circumstances in which a highly collaborative integrated project delivery form such an…”
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Information communication technology (ICT) implementation constraints: A construction industry perspective by Peansupap, Vachara, Walker, Derek H.T.

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report upon research undertaken on deployment of information communication technology (ICT) diffusion initiatives in…”
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Making sense of knowledge transfer and social capital generation for a Pacific island aid infrastructure project by Manu, Christopher, Walker, Derek H.T

“…Purpose - The purpose of this research is to investigate how lessons learned from a case study of a construction project undertaken in the Pacific Islands…”
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Delivering a water treatment plant project using a collaborative project procurement approach by Walker, Derek H.T, Rahmani, Farshid

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore an interesting complex infrastructure construction case study project in which the initiation/design and…”
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Playing the Project Manager by Walker, Derek H.T

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Journey towards best practices in acting on early warning signs in complex projects within a Russian context by Sharaborova, Gulnara, Walker, Derek H.T, Gilbert, Guinevere

“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary report and reflect on a recently passed PhD thesis (Sharaborova, 2014b) related to project…”
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Integration of contractors skills and expertise as part of the people capability of complex project based organisations by Taylor, David, Walker, Derek H.T, Maqsood, Tayyab

“…Purpose – The purpose of this Thesis Research Note (TRN) paper is to provide a summary of key aspects of a recently completed and passed PhD thesis. It enables…”
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Value for money in project alliances by MacDonald, Charles, Walker, Derek H.T., Moussa, Neveen

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to report on findings from a doctoral thesis examining value for money in alliance projects. It provides a summary of…”
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Exploratory factors influencing design practice learning within a Thai context by Peansupap, Vachara, Walker, Derek H.T.

“…Purpose - Development of staff learning enhances work productivity and sustains organizational development. In particular, design practitioners require both…”
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Construction industry joint venture behaviour in Hong Kong—designed for collaborative results? by Walker, Derek H.T, Johannes, Derick S

“…Large-scale construction infrastructure projects in Hong Kong (HK) have tended to be delivered using joint ventures (JVs) of global and local construction…”
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IT project management capabilities enhancement impacts of contingent employment policy in Hong Kong organisations by Ng, Chui-Ha, H.T. Walker, Derek, Levin, Ginger

“…Purpose – This paper aims to present a summary of findings of a doctoral thesis on the impacts of contingent employment on IT project management (PM) practices…”
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Facilitating knowledge pull to deliver innovation through knowledge management: A case study by Maqsood, Tayyab, Walker, Derek H.T., Finegan, Andrew D.

“…Purpose This paper aims to discuss how knowledge‐pull from external knowledge sources could systemise knowledge exchange as a knowledge management (KM)…”
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Advancing project management in learning organizations by Bourne, Lynda, Walker, Derek H.T

“…Effective project managers are required to have both "hard" technical skills to help control the iron triangle of time, cost and functional scope as well as…”
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Using a KM framework to evaluate an ERP system implementation by Chan, Eric W.L, Walker, Derek H.T, Mills, Anthony

“…Purpose - Competitive advantage can be gained in several ways including gaining a knowledge advantage (K-Adv). This paper sets out to report on the first stage…”
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