Literature Review

Literature Review

1. 1. Disputes (PROBLEM)

   • 1. Background - definition
   • 2. Causes
   • 3. Dispute in the Industry
   • 4. Dispute Avoidance

2. 2. Partnering

   • What is it?
   • How does it work?
   • Partnering / collaboration - are they the same thing?
   • Olympics case study
   • Partnering culture
   • Synergy
   • Organisation structure on a normal contract vs partnering contract (i.e. clinet - contractor - subcontractors etc.)

3. 3. Contracts

   • Types of contract
   • What are they?
   • Why are the needed?
   • Why are the used?
   • What makes up a contract?
   • How do they work?
   • How they've changed
   • Emergence of NEC
     • What is it?
     • How is it different?

4. 4. Ethics and Morals

   • How to make it work
   • Analysis of cultural factors in a successful partnering contract
   • RICS ethics
   • Culture
     • What is it?
     • Do people understsnd what it is and how they fit into it?
   • What are they?
   • Values and beliefs