Abstract
This paper offers an evaluation of a best practice program called ‘Best in
Construction’ (BiC) which aimed to identify and document cases of successful ICT
use in the Danish construction industry. The program is evaluated using two different
approaches. The first approach is result-based. This approach evaluates the outcome
of the program against the main intentions formulated in the tender material. Drawing
on systemic innovation theory an alternative evaluative approach is suggested which
focuses on the build-up of organizational and institutional resources to support the
development of an emerging ICT trajectory. While the result-based evaluation points
to some weaknesses in the quality of the best-practice and cross-organizational
elements of the case-material, the systemic approach point to some important sideeffects
of the program, such as the stabilization and enrolment of the industry-network
which carried out the programme. This stabilization and enrolment may turn out to be
beneficial in the further effort to promote the ICT use and development of procedures
and classifications. It is furthermore found that the problems encountered in the casestudy
process had a positive impact on the enrolment process of the industry-network.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Arcom 23th annual conference |
Volume | volume 2 |
Publication date | 2007 |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Event | 23rd Association of Researchers in Construction Management - Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 3 Sept 2007 → 3 Sept 2007 Conference number: 23 |
Conference
Conference | 23rd Association of Researchers in Construction Management |
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Number | 23 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Belfast |
Period | 03/09/2007 → 03/09/2007 |
Keywords
- best practice, evaluation, ICT, systemic innovation.