Böcker av Patricia M. Hillebrandt

This is a critical and descriptive analysis of the UK construction industry based on up-to-date statistics. A concise and comprehensive picture of the industry is given which will enable readers to understand what it does, how it works and how it is likely to develop.

This edition provides a topical assessment of the implication for competition of new methods of procurement, includes a new chapter on rehabilitation, repair and maintenance, and extends the use of theory to issues such as the problems of appropriate technology for developing countries, and contractors' diversification.

It focuses on the changes in their environment and behaviour from the boom conditions of the late 1980s, the decline in the firms' traditional markets and their attempts to develop others, the disastrous financial experiences of the early 1990s, the changes in strategies and structures and in the management of the firms.

'A refreshing and useful addition to the folklore of management. It covers, in addition to the selection of objectives and the methods for their achievement, policies on growth and diversification, finance, marketing and bidding, international operations, management and labour and subcontracting.