The Theory of Construction Project Management and Construction Sector Relationship: A Review Study

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 136 - 159, 31.01.2019

Rıfat Akbıyıklı , S. Ümit Dikmen

https://doi.org/10.29130/dubited.430343

Abstract

The construction sector is a sector that shapes the built environment, including all types of superstructures and
infrastructure and transportation systems for humanity. All this work is made up of man-made technology with
complex work methods and organizational structures. It emerges as a process that values the inputs of the
production process, namely land, labour, materials, machinery-equipment, money (capital) and management
parameters and is presented to the end user. The most important factor in this valorisation production process is
construction management. This work acknowledges that it is related to production management, construction
project management and other related disciplines and is in a complex network of relationships; and if a theory for
construction is to be developed, it claims to be based on production and production management and project
management (disciplines of project management interest). A detailed literature survey and oversight results based
on the mentioned parameters have been explained in the study.

Keywords

Value, Construction Sector, Project, Theory, Production

İnşaat Proje Yönetimi Teorisi ve İnşaat Sektörü İlişkisi: Bir İnceleme Çalışması

Abstract

İnşaat sektörü insanlığa her türlü üst - yapı ve altyapı ve ulaştırma sistemleri de dâhil olmak üzere, yapılı çevreyi
şekillendiren bir sektörüdür. Bu bağlamda sektörün bu çabası, karmaşık iş yaptırma yöntemleri ve organizasyon
yapıları ile insan yapımı teknolojiden oluşmaktadır. Üretim sürecinin girdileri olan toprak, işgücü, malzeme,
makine-ekipman, para (sermaye) ve yönetim parametreleri değer kazandıran bir proses olarak ortaya çıkmakta ve
son kullanıcıya sunulmaktadır. Bu değer kazandırmanın üretim sürecindeki en önemli faktörü inşaat yönetimidir.
Bu çalışma, üretim yönetimi ile inşaat proje yönetimi ve bağlı diğer disiplinlerin birbiri ile ilişkili olduğunu ve
karmaşık bir ilişki ağı içerisinde olduğunu kabul etmekte ve inşaat için bir teori geliştirilecekse, bunun üretim ve
üretim yönetimi ve proje yönetimi (proje yönetimi ilgi alanı olan disiplinler) üzerine dayandırılacağını iddia
etmektedir. Bahsi geçen parametrelere dayalı olarak yapılan detaylı literatür araştırması ve gözden geçirme
sonuçları çalışma içerisinde izah edilmiştir.

Keywords

Değer, İnşaat Sektörü, Proje, Teori, Üretim

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