Maytorena-Sanchez, Eunice;
Sergeeva, Natalya;
Winch, Graham M;
(2023)
Cognition and action in construction project organizing.
In: Leiringer, Roine and Dainty, Andy, (eds.)
A Research Agenda for Construction Management.
(pp. 141-170).
Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK.
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Abstract
This chapter considers the central role of uncertainty for cognition and action in construction project organizing with a focus on how project practitioners think about the future. It takes a cognitive approach to uncertainty in the context of a broader information processing approach to decision making in organizations. The chapter’s main concern is the failure of this approach to connect cognition through to action. The chapter presents the UnCoCoH (Un-Certain Complex Complicated Hidden) model as a tool to assist in recognizing the transition from individual cognition to collective action. It also highlights the role of narratives for stabilizing uncertainty through this transition. This provides a foundation for working towards the development of a projectivity perspective in construction project organizing and advancing a research agenda for this program of research.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cognition and action in construction project organizing |
| ISBN-13: | 9781800375444 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-research-agenda... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Information processing, uncertainty, cognitive perspective, leadership, projectivity |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10156607 |
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