Abstract
Owner and contractor companies are experiencing organizational change in an attempt to maintain or increase their marketshare in a global economy. This change is driven by attempts to reduce fixed costs, decrease workloads due to smaller annual capital program expenditures , and to improve operational efficiency. For their capital projects, owners want the highest quality project, as fast as possible, at the lowest possible cost, with no harm to workers or the environment. To accomplish this, owners and contractors must form work structures that clearly define major roles and responsibilities of each participant to avoid gaps and eliminate overlaps. This thesis presents a work process with an alignment framework to determine the most appropriate use, strategically, of owner resources in working relationships with contractors to successfully develop and execute projects and to achieve corporate and project objectives recognizing less owner engineering resources. This work process will address several key issues. The first is competencies and core competencies. The second is decisions about sourcing of competencies. The third is the influence of skills and skill levels in sourcing decisions. The fourth is the connection between working relationships and organizational problems. The final issue is the ability to evaluate/measure if the most appropriate decision has been made.
Sullivan, George Ray (1996). Owner/contractor work structure process with integrated alignment framework. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -1996 -THESIS -S85.