Systems Thinking and Construction Productivity
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This paper describes research undertaken to investigate the possibility of using systems to model productivity in construction. In particular, it concentrates on the use of systems dynamics and project level productivity. The literature identifies 34 factors affecting productivity but based on a survey of professionals, five of these are recognised as important. They form the basis of a systems model whose development is described. The model includes coefficients produced from analysis of subjective and qualitative views obtained from industry. The results are therefore relative and it would be necessary to validate and calibrate the model for quantitative use in practice.
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