The Modern Construction Firm

List of Figures - List of Tables - Preface to the 1994 Reprint - Foreword by W.D.Biggs - Acknowledgements - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Introduction - PART 1 BACKGROUND - The Industry Yesterday and Today - PART 2 OVERALL STRATEGY OF LARGE FIRMS - Objectives and Strategy of Firms - Growth and Diversification - Financial Policy - PART 3 IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY - Marketing and Bidding Policy - International Policy - Structure and Organisation - PART 4 HUMAN RESOURCES - The Management Resource - Manpower Management and Subcontracting - PART 5 CONCLUSIONS - Conclusions - Glossary - Appendix: Principal Contents of the Companion Volume, The Management of Construction Firms: Aspects of Theory' - Index