Developing a Reference Framework for Claim Management Office: A Multi-Method Approach of an International Construction Firm

Mirzaee, Ali Mohammad and Edwards, David J. and Thwala, Wellington Didibhuku (2023) Developing a Reference Framework for Claim Management Office: A Multi-Method Approach of an International Construction Firm. Buildings, 13 (7). p. 1692. ISSN 2075-5309

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Abstract

A claim management office (CMO) is a new intra-organisation fit based on an organisational project management (OPM) approach and deals specifically with improving claim performance. However, CMOs are either misunderstood or often overlooked in construction companies, mainly due to ignorance of the OPM context but further exacerbated by a lack of real case study research on how to adopt CMOs in these organisations. To address this knowledge gap, this present study integrates organisational ambidexterity with X-inefficiency theory (due to organisation intra-firm irrational decisions when managing such claims) to generate a reference framework for the CMO by probing its implementation within an international construction firm. A multi-method approach, including a single case study (a firm which adopted a CMO) and internal and external expert panels, was used for sampling, data collection, analysis and validation of the framework. The reference framework provides new perspectives on how construction-related companies and practitioners can adopt a CMO structure, which enables them to improve claims performance by planning in three interrelated activities, viz. function-, process- and performance-based. Theoretically, findings also contribute to the X-inefficiency and organisational ambidexterity theories, specifically, how different influences among the reference framework’s elements lead to better organisational claim performance as a plausible roadmap for future work.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071692
Dates:
DateEvent
28 June 2023Accepted
30 June 2023Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords: claim management office (CMO), organisational project management (OPM), built environment, project-based organisation (PBO), construction claim
Subjects: CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-02 - building
Divisions: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Built Environment
Depositing User: Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited: 09 Oct 2023 16:51
Last Modified: 20 Jun 2024 11:45
URI: https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14823

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