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  • Granheimer, KlaraKTH,Ledning och organisering i byggande och förvaltning,Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish Transport Administration, Borlänge, Sweden (författare)

Public procurement of engineering services: the influence of task characteristics on organisational control

  • Artikel/kapitelEngelska2022

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  • 2022-07-06
  • Emerald Group Publishing Limited,2022
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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:kth-316606
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-316606URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1108/ecam-01-2022-0055DOI
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-95188URI

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  • Språk:engelska
  • Sammanfattning på:engelska

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  • QC 20220824
  • Prior research has emphasised the importance of the early phases of construction projects, as well as the difficulties of procuring engineering services – especially due to the uncertainties. Despite that, studies on the public procurement of engineering services are scarce. Although scholars have shown that uncertainty may affect the choice of control modes, the level of uncertainty that characterises services is not addressed by the two task characteristics: knowledge of the transformation process and output measurability. The purpose is to investigate organisational control in public procurement of engineering services.Design/methodology/approachThe existing control model was adjusted in this study by conceptually adding uncertainty as a third aspect to the two task characteristics. A single case study of the Swedish Transport Administration was used. The empirical data, comprising 14 interviews with managers from the client and engineering consulting companies, were analysed using flexible pattern matching and visual mapping approaches and then illustrated using the model.FindingsThe public client did not base its choice of control modes on uncertainty, but rather on the other two task characteristics. Consequently, the service providers argued that the chosen control modes reduced their creativity, increased their financial risks and caused unclear responsibilities. This study therefore shows that uncertainty is an important factor to consider in the choice of control modes, both from a theoretical perspective and from the service providers' point of view. The developed model may therefore be useful for researchers as well as practitioners.Originality/valueThis study is the first attempt to add uncertainty as a task characteristic when choosing control modes. The results contribute to the scarce control literature regarding the procurement of engineering services for construction projects and the procurement of other services with high uncertainty.

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  • Karrbom Gustavsson, Tina,Professor,1973-KTH,Ledning och organisering i byggande och förvaltning,Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden(Swepub:kth)u1tdtd7u (författare)
  • Eriksson, Per-ErikKTH,Ledning och organisering i byggande och förvaltning,Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden(Swepub:kth)u1jqs8p2 (författare)
  • KTHLedning och organisering i byggande och förvaltning (creator_code:org_t)

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  • Ingår i:Engineering Construction and Architectural Management: Emerald Group Publishing Limited0969-99881365-232X

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