A Systems and Contingency Analysis Applied to Construction Projects of Exceptional Architectural Design 


Table of Contents 

Chapter 1
Introduction 

Chapter 2 
Goal and Value System 

Chapter 3
Technological Systems 

Chapter 4
Organizational Goals 

Chapter 5
Individual and Group Dynamics 

Chapter 6
Organizational Structure 

Chapter 7
External Environment 

Chapter 8
Applied Management Strategies 

References 

Bibliography 


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Chapter 1 - Introduction / Chapter 2 - Goal and Value System / Chapter 3 - Technological Systems / Chapter 4 - Organizational Goals / Chapter 5 - Individual and Group Dynamics / Chapter 6 - Organizational Structure / Chapter 7 - External Environment / Chapter 8 - Applied Management Strategies / Return to Index Page 


Chapter 1 - Introduction

[101] Blau, J. Architects and Firms (MIT Press, 1984) p. 20 - 23.

[102] March, J. (Ed.); Stinchcombe Handbook of Organizations (Rand McNally, 1965) p. 160. 

[103] Burns, T. & Stalker, G. The Management of Innovation (Tavistock, 1961) p. 19. 

[104] Heirs, B. & Pehrson, G. The Mind of the Organization (Harper & Row, 1982, Rev. Ed.) pp. intro. 

[105] Norberg-Schultz, C. Architecture: Meaning and Place (Rizzoli, 1980) p. 22. 

[106] Bloomer, A. & Moore, C. : Hegel - Quoted Body, Memory and Architecture (Yale University Press, 1977) p. 26. 

[107] Cleland, D. & King, W. Systems Analysis and Project Management (McGraw-Hill, 1983) p. 4. 

[108] Kast, F. & Rosenweig, J. Organization and Mangement (McGraw-Hill, 1985, 4th Ed.) pp. 113 & 140. 


Chapter 2 - Goal and Value System

[201] Wright, F. Letters to Clients (Cal. State Univ. Press, 1986) p. 232. 

[202] Futagawa, Y. (Ed.); Isozaki, A. GA 1 - Frank Lloyd Wright: Johnson & Son Administration Building and Research Tower (A.D.A. Edita, 1970) p. 4. 

[203] Hall, P. Great Planning Disasters (Butler & Tanner, 1980) p. 138. 

[204] Galbraith, J. Designing Complex Organizations (Addison-Wesley, 1973) p. 4. 

[205] Mintzberg, H. The Structuring of Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1979) pp. 3-10. 

[206] Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies IAUS 14: Le Corbusier's Firminy Church (Rizzoli, 1981) pp. 3. 

[207] Fox, A. A Sociology of Work in Industry (Collier MacMillan, 1969) pp. 83. 

[208] Peters, T. & Watterman, R. In Search of Excellence (Warner, 1982) pp. 13-15. 

[209] March, J. (Ed); Cartwright Handbook of Organizations (Rand McNally, 1965) pp. 11.

[210] March, J. & Simon, H. Organizations (John Wiley & Sons, 1958) pp. 65-66.

[211] Cook, J. The Architecture of Bruce Goff (Harper & Row, 1978) pp. 56-59. 

[212] Wurman, R. (Ed.); Kahn, L What Will Be Has Always Been: The Words of Louis I. Kahn (Rizzoli, 1986) p. 77.

[213] Wurman, R. (Ed.); Kahn, L What Will Be Has Always Been: The Words of Louis I. Kahn (Rizzoli, 1986) p. 89.

[214] Futagawa, Y. (Ed.) GA 2 - Frank Lloyd Wright: Kaufmann House, "Fallingwater" (A.D.A. Edita, 1970) 

[215] Futagawa, Y. (Ed.) GA 7 - La Chapelle de Ronchamp (A.D.A. Edita, 1971) 

[216] Futagawa, Y. (Ed.); Rudolph, P. GA 2 - Frank Lloyd Wright: Kaufmann House, "Fallingwater" (A.D.A. Edita, 1970) p. 7 

[217] Mintzberg, H. The Structuring of Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1979) p. 262 

[218] March, J. & Simon, H. Organizations (John Wiley & Sons, 1958) pp. 140-1 

[219] Webb. J. Space Age Management (McGraw-Hill, 1969) pp. 4. 


Chapter 3 - Technological Systems

[301] Futagawa, Y. (Ed.) GA 7 - La Chapelle de Ronchamp (A.D.A. Edita, 1971) 

[302] Futagawa, Y. (Ed.) GA 54 - Jorn Utzon: Sydney Opera House (A.D.A. Edita, 1980) 

[303] Futagawa, Y. (Ed.) GA 33 - Bruce Goff: Bavinger House and Price House (A.D.A. Edita, 1975) 

[304] Futagawa, Y. (Ed.) GA 50 - Carlo Scarpa: Cemetery Brion-Vega (A.D.A. Edita, 1979)

[305] Mintzberg, H. The Structuring of Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1979) pp. 262. 

[306] Mintzberg, H. The Structuring of Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983) pp. 270. 

[307] Van de Ven, A. & Joyce, W. (Eds); Williamson & Ouchi Perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior (John Wiley & Sons, 1981) pp. 367. 

[308] Van de Ven, A. & Joyce, W. (Eds); Williamson & Ouchi Perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior (John Wiley & Sons, 1981) pp. 348-349. 

[309] Mintzberg, H. Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983) pp. 4-6. 

[310] Mintzberg, H. Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983) p. 96.

[311] Mintzberg, H. Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983) p. 91.

[312] Clark, F. & Lorenzoni, A. Applied Cost Engineering (M. Dekker, 1978) pp. 19-30. 

[313] Harrison, F. Advanced Project Management (Gower, 1985) p. 199. 

[314] Pugh, D. et. al. (Eds); Williamson, O. Writers on Organizations (Pelican, 1983, 3rd Ed.) p. 57. 

[315] Mintzberg, H. Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983) pp. 126-128. 

[316] Bennett, J. Construction Project Management (Butterworths, 1985) p. 64. 


Chapter 4 - Organizational Goals

[401] Kast, F. & Rosenweig, J. Organization and Management (McGraw-Hill, 1985, 4th Ed.) p. 179. 

[402] Cyert & March, J. A Behavioral Theory of the Firm (Prentice-Hall. 1963) pp. 26-36. 

[403] Kast, F. & Rosenweig, J. Organization and Management (McGraw-Hill, 1985, 4th Ed.) p. 181. 

[404] Kast, F. & Rosenweig, J. Organization and Management (McGraw-Hill, 1985, 4th Ed.) p. 187.

[405] Wright, F. Letters to Clients (Cal. State Univ. Press, 1986) pp. 97-98. 

[406] Wright, F. Letters to Clients (Cal. State Univ. Press, 1986) p. 102. 

[407] Kaufmann, E. Fallingwater, A Frank Lloyd Wright Country House (Cross River Press, 1986) p. 49. 

[408] Wright, F. Letters to Clients (Cal. State Univ. Press, 1986) pp. 103-104. 

[409] Hoffman, D. Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (Dover, 1978) pp. 11-13.

[410] Kaufmann, E. Fallingwater, A Frank Lloyd Wright Country House (Cross River Press, 1986) p. 41. 


Chapter 5 - Individual and Group Dynamics

[501] Kast, F. & Rosenweig, J. Organization and Management (McGraw-Hill, 1985, 4th Ed.) p. 337. 

[502] Kast, F. & Rosenweig, J. Organization and Management (McGraw-Hill, 1985, 4th Ed.) p. 467. 

[503] Lin, N. The Study of Human Communication (Bobbs-Merrill, 1973) pp. 124-125.

[504] Crosby, A. Creativity and Performance in Industrial Organizations (Tavistock ,1968) p. 98. 

[505] March, J. (Ed.); Guetzkow Handbook of Organizations (Rand McNally, 1965) p. 540.

[506] Lin, N. The Study of Human Communication (Bobbs-Merrill, 1973) p. 46.

[507] March, J. (Ed.); Golembiewski Handbook of Organizations (Rand McNally, 1965) p. 114. 

[508] Fox, A. A Sociology of Work in Industry (Collier MacMillan, 1969) p. 154. 

[509] Tocqueville, A. Democracy in America (R. R. Clark, 1835/1959) pp. 324-325. 

[510] Muschamp, H. Man About Town (MIT Press, 1983) p. 173. 

[511] Cleland, D. & King, W. Systems Analysis and Project Management (McGraw-Hill, 1983) p. 22. 

[512] Kast, F. & Rosenweig, J. Organization and Management (McGraw-Hill, 1985, 4th Ed.) p. 132.

[513] March, J. (Ed.); Udy, S. Handbook of Organizations (Rand McNally, 1965) pp. 690-695.

[514] Kast, F. & Rosenweig, J. Organization and Management (McGraw-Hill, 1985, 4th Ed.) p. 664. 

[515] Peters, T. & Watterman, R. In Search of Excellence (Warner, 1982) p. 10. 

[516] Kast, F. & Rosenweig, J. Organization and Management (McGraw-Hill, 1985, 4th Ed.) pp. 340-341. 

[517] Jencks, C. Modern Movements in Architecture (Penguin, 1973) p. 66. 

[518] Belbin, R. Management Teams (Heinemann, 1981) p. 9. 


Chapter 6 - Organizational Structure

[601] Mintzberg, H. Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983) pp. 109-110. 

[602] Normann, R. Management for Growth (John Wiley & Sons, 1975) p. 123. 

[603] Normann, R. Management for Growth (John Wiley & Sons, 1975) p. 129. 

[604] Mintzberg, H. Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983) p. 6. 

[605] Crosby, A. Creativity and Performance in Industrial Organizations (Tavistock ,1968) pp. 133-165. 

[606] Galbraith, J. K. The Age of Uncertainty (Andre Deutsch, 1977) p. 84. 

[607] Mintzberg, H. Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983) pp. 66-67. 

[608] Peters, T. & Watterman, R. In Search of Excellence (Warner, 1982) pp. 13-15. 

[609] Mintzberg, H. Structure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983) p. 68.

[610] March, J. (Ed.); Udy, S. Handbook of Organizations (Rand McNally, 1965) p. 690-695.

[611] March, J. (Ed.); Udy, S. Handbook of Organizations (Rand McNally, 1965) p. 690-695.

[612] Child, J. Organization-A Guide to Problems and Practice (Harper & Row, 1984, 2nd Ed.) pp. 14-15.

[613] Drucker, P. Management (Pan Books, 1977) p. 68. 

[614] Ohmae, K. The Mind of the Strategist (McGraw-Hill, 1982) p. 15.

[615] Caudill, W. Architecture by Team (Van Nostrand, 1971) p. 24. 


Chapter 7 - External Environment

[701] Hall, P. Great Planning Disasters (Butler & Tanner, 1980) pp. 81-82.

[702] Mintzberg, H. The Structuring of Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1979) p. 270. 

[703] Mintzberg, H. The Structuring of Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1979) p. 273.

[704] Mintzberg, H. The Structuring of Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1979) p. 281. 

[705] March, J. (Ed.); Udy, S. Handbook of Organizations (Rand McNally, 1965) pp 690-696. 

[706] Forester, J. (Ed.); Hallin, D. Critical Theory and Public Life (MIT Press, 1985) p. 122.

[707] Galbraith, J. K. The Age of Uncertainty (Andre Deutsch, 1977) p. 90.

[708] Hillebrandt, P. Economic Theory and the Construction Industry (Macmillan, 1985) p. 10. 

[709] Blau, J. Architects and Firms (MIT Press, 1984) p. 12. 

[710] Hall, P. Great Planning Disasters (Butler & Tanner, 1980) pp. 199-204.

[711] Hawkins, C. The Theory of the Firm (MacMillan, 1973) p. 20. 

[712] Fox, A. Beyond Contract: Work, Power and Trust Relations (Faber, 1974) p. 70.

[713] Fox, A. Beyond Contract: Work, Power and Trust Relations (Faber, 1974) p. 21. 

[714] Burrows, P. & Veljanovski, C. (Eds.); Tebilcock & Dewees The Economic Approach to Law (Butterworths, 1981) pp. 95-96. 

[715] Burrows, P. & Veljanovski, C. (Eds.); Williamson, O. The Economic Approach to Law (Butterworths, 1981) pp. 52-53. 


Chapter 8 - Applied Management Strategies

[801] Cleland, D. & King, W. Systems Analysis and Project Management (McGraw-Hill, 1983) p. 8.

[802] March, J. (Ed.); Stinchcombe Handbook of Organizations (Rand McNally, 1965) pp. 162-163. 

[803] Hall, P. Great Planning Disasters (Butler & Tanner, 1980) p. 252. 


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