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Ekonomistyrning i mindre byggprojekt

Thysell, Jacob LU (2015) In TVBP VBEM01 20151
Construction Management
Abstract (Swedish)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how financial management works in smaller construction projects by studying a case company, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of their routines and systems. The objective of the study is to provide improvement suggestions for the case company and their financial management.
Problem:
How to work with financial management in smaller construction projects?
Which financial management tools are provided?
What shortcomings and advantages do today's routines have?
Method:
The study is a qualitative case study and is conducted through an abductive research method. Known theories have been compared with the new empirical data. Ten interviews were conducted with eight different respondents... (More)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how financial management works in smaller construction projects by studying a case company, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of their routines and systems. The objective of the study is to provide improvement suggestions for the case company and their financial management.
Problem:
How to work with financial management in smaller construction projects?
Which financial management tools are provided?
What shortcomings and advantages do today's routines have?
Method:
The study is a qualitative case study and is conducted through an abductive research method. Known theories have been compared with the new empirical data. Ten interviews were conducted with eight different respondents from the case company. The interviews were low structured interviews but with high standardization. Data from the interviews were collected and analyzed in relation to known theory. This finally resulted in a conclusion.
Conclusion:
The financial management differ in the various offices in the district of Skåne. For their management the offices primarily use a program called OTS. This tool, however, has some shortcomings that need to be addressed in order to operate more optimally and more standardized, to become more cost-effective. (Less)
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author
Thysell, Jacob LU
supervisor
organization
course
VBEM01 20151
year
type
H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
subject
keywords
Financial management, Project management, building management., Construction work
publication/series
TVBP
report number
15/5516
language
Swedish
additional info
Handledare: Stefan Olander
Bihandledare: Amanda Glave
Examinator Radhlinah Aulin
id
7990275
date added to LUP
2015-11-05 12:21:35
date last changed
2019-11-14 14:36:16
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this paper is to investigate how financial management works in smaller construction projects by studying a case company, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of their routines and systems. The objective of the study is to provide improvement suggestions for the case company and their financial management.
Problem:
How to work with financial management in smaller construction projects?
Which financial management tools are provided?
What shortcomings and advantages do today's routines have?
Method:
The study is a qualitative case study and is conducted through an abductive research method. Known theories have been compared with the new empirical data. Ten interviews were conducted with eight different respondents from the case company. The interviews were low structured interviews but with high standardization. Data from the interviews were collected and analyzed in relation to known theory. This finally resulted in a conclusion.
Conclusion:
The financial management differ in the various offices in the district of Skåne. For their management the offices primarily use a program called OTS. This tool, however, has some shortcomings that need to be addressed in order to operate more optimally and more standardized, to become more cost-effective.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{TVBP}},
  title        = {{Ekonomistyrning i mindre byggprojekt}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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