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Aboukhadra, W (2021) Learning organisation, affective commitment and cultural intelligence: the case of expatriates in the Gulf Co-operation Council countries, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Adnan, H B (2004) Joint venture projects in Malaysian Construction Industry Factors Critical to success, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Property and Construction, Nottingham Trent University.
Agyekum-Mensah, G (2013) The development of an innovative sustainable total planning and control system for construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University.
Ahmed Namadi, S i (2019) A framework for collaborative costing in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University.
Alharbi, F (2020) Critical delay factors in housing construction projects in Saudi Arabia: Assessment and solutions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Asnaashari, E (2011) A holistic conceptual model for managing construction logistics in building projects: the case of Iran, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University.
Boyal-Seth, H (2011) Assessing the business case for supplier diversity in the construction housing sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.
Coupar, G (2009) Modern approaches to repairs and maintenance procurement within the social housing sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.
Daniel, E I (2017) Exploratory study into the use of Last Planner® System and collaborative planning for construction process improvement, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University.
Dowd, V G (1999) The pervading role of risk allocation as the link mechanism between factors of influence and construction procurement practices adopted in the UK construction industry over the period 1965-1995, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Dupin, P (2021) Using pull and flow systems to improve production stability in real estate development projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Grada, M (2007) The impact of economic value added measure in assessing the business performance of UK construction companies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Hackett, V (2017) The impact of a collaborative planning approach on engineering construction performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Hamza, A (2002) Partnering in the construction industry: an empirical investigation into the critical success factors, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Property and Construction, Nottingham Trent University.
Hurst, A G (2009) Management education, training and development of construction managers: will they ever learn?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.
Idan, C K (2003) Quality function deployment (QFD) in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Jaafar, T (1992) A unified methodology for project planning risk, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Jackson, F (2006) Biodegradable hydraulic fluids: Reducing oil-related pollution in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Keats, R J (2014) An exploration of how professional associations advance innovation and promote innovation pedagogy, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: built environment; education; workforce; sociology; government; innovation; teaching; client; professional; UK; case study; interview
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- URL: http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/66/
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The purpose of this thesis is to explore the links between the educational work of the professions, and the Government’s demands for an environment that fosters the world’s best innovators. This is done by first considering the sociology of the professions, then looking at how they use professional knowledge and thirdly by considering the processes involved in creating new knowledge. Each step considers the different institutional and personal drivers that affect the processes that build professional practice, with particular reference to the role of their curricula. The research goes on to use empirical case study methods to analyse document content and interview data from a sample of five professional associations working in the area of the built environment. It considers the individual cases and presents a cross case analysis of the institutional processes influencing the day to day activity of transferring theory and practice, and implied and explicit knowledge. It interprets the data at an institutional and personal level, and considers what different compelling and coercive powers affect professional education at the point where new knowledge might be created. The findings from the case study data indicate the UK Government’s desire for an innovative workforce is not translated into a driver for the mainstream work of professional associations. Instead, they protect their jurisdiction and they are largely locked into teaching traditional, or historic knowledge. They are isolated from their customers and clients, and this point presents a significant barrier to innovation.
Khadour, L (2010) Total quality environmental management framework towards sustainability (UK novated D&B principal contractors), Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University.
Khalid, U (2022) Investigation into the development of a human reliability analysis framework for the safety management of construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Kings, S (2002) Pricing documentation for contractors' estimators: Establishing a more effective approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
McLean, M (2014) A longitudinal analysis of a partial mediation model of employee engagement in a knowledge-intensive firm, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.
Musa, M M (2019) A framework for implementing target value delivery to enhance value creation in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Owen, K J (2002) Success factors in the procurement of privately financed tolled transportation infrastructure projects in the UK, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Property and Construction, Nottingham Trent University.
Payne, B (1998) Project risk analysis, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.
Pritchard, C (2005) Skin cancer prevention in the house building industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Rashid, K B A (1998) The processes of construction procurement in Malaysia: Identification of constraints and development of proposed strategies in the context of 'vision 2020', Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Sarhan, S (2018) Institutional waste within the UK construction industry: an exploratory study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University.
Sharif, A (1996) A functional analysis of building procurement systems and strategies in an international context, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Taylor, M S (2021) Strategic management accounting practices in medium sized UK construction companies: a mixed-methods approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Nottingham Trent University.
Ward, A D (2016) Development of a contextualised understanding of the diffusion of innovation among quantity surveyors in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University.