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 | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071692 | ||||||
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| 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 > School of Engineering and the Built Environment > Dept. of Built Environment | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Gemma Tonks | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2023 16:51 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2023 16:51 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14823 |
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