Publisher's Synopsis
Managers make decisions, implement solutions and strive to achieve cost, schedule and quality goals. This role challenges the manager, especially when new problems emerge that are not adequately addressed by traditional procedures and techniques. In these cases managers must develop different approaches to decision-making that often require creative lateral thinking.;"Project Manpower Management: Decision-Making Processes in Construction Practice" offers an innovative approach to the description and understanding of decision-making processes currently found in construction practice. In this book, the authors present a reference frame-work and methodology from which to view the entire spectrum of management of the labor component of a project.;The book highlights both novel and traditional decision-making alternatives, as well as current techniques for the application of management principles and manpower-related management functions, policies, documents and processes.