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67215 Consulting- and Construction Firms - Strategy and Management
Danish title: Rådgivnings- og entreprenørvirksomhed - strategi og ledelse
Language: English Credit points: 5
Type: Open University
Language: English

Previous course: C6812
No credit points with: C6812
Prerequisite: 67213
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Scope and form: Lectures, presentations, group exercises and a major project report.
Examination: Assessment of report and approval of exercises. Delivering report. (13-scale)
Contact person: Sten Bonke, Building 115, Tel. +45 4525 1648, email sb@ifa.dtu.dk

Department: Department of Planning
Aim: The course will illustrate the firms' cooperation during the building process. Different types of innovation processes in construction are described, and it is discussed how technological development is influenced by mutual relations of the firms during the current market conditions, which are increasingly internationalized.
Contents: The introducing lectures will deal with the extensive division of work between firms that characterizes the consulting as well as the execution aspect of construction production. The different types of firms and their roles in the construction process are evaluated in relation to the technology they represent. Management strategies are discussed in these perspectives. The group work will be based upon the specific topics within the above mentioned themes.