Assessing Collaboration Across Organizational Boundaries in U.S. Green Construction: Does working together with new information technology result in better buildings?

评估美国绿色建筑中跨组织边界的合作：与新信息技术的合作是否会带来更好的建筑？

• 批准号: 0823338
• 负责人: Gina Neff
• 金额: $ 21.81万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0823338&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Assessing; Collaboration; Across; Organizational; Boundaries

Communication and collaboration across functional and organizational boundaries are among the hardest problems in management. Among other things, the media that are used to communicate significantly shape the substantive and social dimensions within which collaboration can happen, but we know little abut how to choose and use particular media. This research team will use comparative case studies and surveys to build and test theory about how new 3-D imaging affects communication and collaboration across organizational boundaries in the sustainable design and construction industry. The researchers have already completed initial field work and theory building. The NSF support will enable this inquiry to progress in three stages: a) a qualitative field assessment of collaboration during a large construction project in a major U.S. city, b) in-depth interviews with 50 industry leaders in order to develop quantitative measures for technology adoption and inter-firm collaboration, and c) analysis of an existing database of 100 construction projects certified by the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED process. In addition to advancing theory-based understanding of technology-mediated collaboration, the project should have practical implications for those seeking to better manage collaborations and supply-chain communications in a number of manufacturing settings. In particular, the research team expects to offer practical insights for architects, engineers, and builders working on sustainable construction projects.

跨职能和组织边界的沟通和协作是管理中最困难的问题之一。除其他外，用于沟通的媒体显著塑造了合作可能发生的实质性和社会层面，但我们对如何选择和使用特定媒体知之甚少。该研究团队将使用比较案例研究和调查来建立和测试关于新的3D成像如何影响可持续设计和建筑行业跨组织边界的沟通和协作的理论。研究人员已经完成了初步的实地工作和理论建设。NSF的支持将使这项调查分三个阶段进行：a）在美国一个主要城市的一个大型建筑项目期间对合作进行定性实地评估，B）与50位行业领导者进行深入访谈，以制定技术采用和公司间合作的定量措施，以及c）分析由美国绿色建筑理事会的LEED过程认证的100个建筑项目的现有数据库。除了推进以理论为基础的理解技术为媒介的合作，该项目应该有实际的影响，那些寻求更好地管理合作和供应链通信在一些制造环境。特别是，研究团队希望为从事可持续建筑项目的建筑师，工程师和建筑商提供实用的见解。