A Study of Management of the Inter-organizational Communication Network by the Construction Manager

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23730341
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Business administration
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University (2014); Fukushima University (2011-2013)
• Principal Investigator: AKIYAMA Takashi 広島大学, 社会(科)学研究科, 准教授 (80457283)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 組織間関係論 / 系列取引 / ネットワーク / ネットワークへの埋め込み / 建設産業 / 自動車産業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I considered the methodology of network management from both sides of a short-term viewpoint and a long-term viewpoint. From a short-term viewpoint, I modelled network management to raise productivity and creativity of construction project management by changing the structure of communication network of the project effectively. Concretely, the project manager of the construction site let on-site communication network become cohesive to create new knowledge, and the headquarters’ brokerage among such networks created new organizational knowledge. From a long-term viewpoint, I examined the formation principle of Keiretsu of the Japanese car manufacturer in the developing country from local contexts. Specifically, the formation principle of the supply chain of the Japanese car manufacturer is changing from resource dependence perspective to institutional perspective to raise productivity in response to the local competition intensification.

Free Research Field

経営組織論