Infrastructure Delivery Systems : Governance and Implementation Issues /: Governance and Implementation Issues. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bankole Osita Awuzie, Peter McDermott.
• Other Names: Awuzie, Bankole Osita; McDermott, Peter
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Rationale for the Study; 1.3 Research Questions and Proposition; 1.3.1 Research Questions; 1.3.2 Research Propositions; 1.4 Aim and Objectives of the Study; 1.4.1 Aim; 1.4.2 Study Objectives; 1.5 Scope of the Study; 1.6 Contribution to Knowledge; 1.7 Chapter Outline; 1.8 Chapter Summary and Link; References; 2 Procurement as a Medium for Implementing Local Content Development Policies; 2.1 Chapter Introduction; 2.2 Local Content Development; 2.2.1 What is Local Content? 2.2.2 Evolution of Local Content Development Policies (LCDPs)2.2.3 The Case 'For' and 'Against' LCDPs; 2.2.4 Review of LCDPs in Literature; 2.3 Procurement Systems; 2.3.1 Procurement Systems-A Definition; 2.3.2 Procurement Systems as a Medium for Policy Implementation; 2.4 Infrastructure; 2.4.1 What is Infrastructure?; 2.4.2 Relationship Between Infrastructure Capital and Economic Growth; 2.4.3 Country Perspective-Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK); 2.4.4 Nigeria-Country Profile; 2.5 Chapter Summary and Link; References 3 Infrastructure Delivery Systems: An Organisational Viability Perspective3.1 Chapter Introduction; 3.2 Systems; 3.2.1 Systems Thinking-A Definition; 3.2.2 Evolution of Systems Thinking Practice; 3.2.3 A Systems Approach to Policy Implementation; 3.3 Cybernetics; 3.3.1 Defining Cybernetics; 3.3.2 Origin of Cybernetics; 3.4 Complexity; 3.4.1 Complexity Defined; 3.4.2 Types of Complexity Encountered in Infrastructure Delivery Systems; 3.4.3 Factors Causing Complexity in Infrastructure Delivery Systems; 3.4.4 Infrastructure Delivery Systems as Complex Systems; 3.5 Viability 3.5.1 Concept of Viability3.5.2 Emergence of the Viable Systems Model (VSM); 3.5.3 Understanding Policy Implementation from a VSM Perspective; 3.6 Organisations and Infrastructure Delivery; 3.6.1 Relationship Between Theories of Organisation and Infrastructure; 3.6.2 Infrastructure Delivery Systems as Temporary Multi-organisations; 3.7 Governance; 3.7.1 Definition of Governance; 3.7.2 Governing Organisations-Transaction Cost Approach or Institution Theory?; 3.7.3 Project Level Governance; 3.8 Stakeholder Management; 3.8.1 Who is a Stakeholder?; 3.8.2 Stakeholders-A Classification 3.8.3 Significance of Effective Stakeholders' Management to IDS Success3.9 Critical Success/Failure (Pathologies) Factors; 3.9.1 CSFs-A Definition; 3.9.2 CSFs-A Review of Similar Literature; 3.9.3 Failure (Pathologies) Factors-A Definition; 3.10 Conceptual Model-A Viable Infrastructure Delivery Systems Model (VIDM); 3.11 Chapter Summary and Link; References; 4 Model Development and Initial Validation; 4.1 Chapter Introduction; 4.1.1 The VSM as a 'Tool' and a 'Product'; 4.2 Stages of Model Development; 4.2.1 Models-A Definition
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer Nature Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363; Infrastructure (Economics); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811372919; 9811372918
• Related ISBNs: 9789811372902
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed May 8, 2019).
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