PhD Final Thesis April 2013.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

Thesis Keith Gale 2013significant value. There has been previously little research into translation ofconstruction management practices into metrics available for comparative purposesthat relate to operational measures.Alongside operational measures are the sociological factors that Hvid and Møller(2001) argued comprised a value system developed in informal social groups fromthe actors’ relations to, and opinions about, the contextual placement. Such groups(referred to in this thesis as a sociological class) are often formed spontaneouslyaround a shared practice with the purpose of assigning meaning to the participants’actions. The drivers behind such social interaction are of great interest topractitioners because these gear performance. The procurement performance modelprovides practitioners with a holistic view of improvement in framework agreementsthrough extended duration and these can be used to change practice. Examples are anincrease in performance meetings, feedback on interim results and use ofsociological group enhancement (such as views from stakeholders, messages ofcongratulation on successful projects, early warning meetings concerning lowperformance, and the like).12.5.2 Relevance to the case study organisation – Hampshire County CouncilThis research has been supported by a local authority – Hampshire County Council –and free access has been afforded by the organisation to collection of data fromprojects and participants. Collection of data is undertaken during a transition periodfor the organisation providing the opportunity to gain data from both procurementmethods between the periods 2006 – 2010. Framework agreements were introducedin 2008 and represented the first iteration of this procurement method by theorganisation. Results from analysis of case study are particularly relevant to theorganisation because in 2011 a strategic decision was required to continue withframework agreements or revert to discrete methods. Commencing in April 2012 andrunning until March 2016, the second generation framework agreement hasincorporated sociological drivers and operational measures from the procurementperformance model into the managerial structure of the framework.280