Bjørn Sørskot Andersen
Background and activities
Briefly about myself
In my work as professor the main academic interests are:
- Project management
- Performance measurement and management
- Benchmarking and other improvement tools
Roles and positions:
- Director of the Master's program in Product Design and Manufacturing
- Center Director of Project Norway
- Co-Editor of International Journal of Production Planning & Control
- Academician in International Academy for Quality
- Member of IFIP WG5.7
- Member of a number of steering committees, boards, committees, and organizational commitees
Education:
- 1992-1995 Dr.ing. (Ph.D.) Department of Production and Quality Engineering, NTNU
- 1995 - Visiting Scholar at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, USA
- 1987-1991 MSc.Eng. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, NTNU
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Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2021) Dissecting the project anatomy: Understanding the cost of managing construction projects. Production planning & control (Print).
- (2021) Follow the collaboration Compass. International Journal of Project Organisation and Management.
- (2021) Linking partnering success factors to project performance - Findings from two nation-wide surveys. Project Leadership and Society.
- (2021) Causes of Problems in Post-Disaster Emergency Re-Construction Projects— Iraq as a Case Study. Public Works Management & Policy.
- (2020) Labour productivity statistics: a reality check for the Norwegian construction industry. International Journal of Construction Management. vol. 20 (1).
- (2020) Økt samfunnsøkonomisk lønnsomhet ved bruk av prestasjonsinnkjøp?. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse.
- (2020) In search of Empirical Evidence for the Relationship Between Collaboration and Project Performance. Journal of Modern Project Management. vol. 7 (4).
- (2020) Normalising deviance in construction project organizations a case study on the collapse of Carillion. Construction Management and Economics. vol. 38 (12).
- (2020) Hospital project front-end planning: Current practice and discovered challenges. Project Leadership and Society. vol. 1.
- (2020) Does Project-Based Learning (PBL) Promote Student Learning? A Performance Evaluation. Education Sciences. vol. 10 (11).
- (2020) Using ANN in emergency reconstruction projects post disaster. International Journal of Engineering Business Management (IJEBM). vol. 12.
- (2019) Stakeholder evolution: a study of stakeholder dynamics in 12 Norwegian projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. vol. 13 (1).
- (2019) Exploring scenario development ? a case study of two collaborative research projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. vol. 13 (2).
- (2019) Success factors in global project management: A study of practices in organizational support and the effects on cost and schedule. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. vol. 13 (1).
- (2019) Factors affecting transaction costs and collaboration in projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. vol. 13 (1).
- (2019) Lean project planning and control: empirical investigation of ETO projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. vol. 12 (4).
- (2019) Identifying safety indicators for safety performance measurement using a system engineering approach. Process Safety and Environmental Protection.
- (2019) Entirely possible overruns: How people think and talk about probabilistic cost estimates. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. vol. 13 (2).
- (2018) The hierarchy of public project governance frameworks: An empirical study of principles and practices in Norwegian ministries and agencies. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. vol. 11 (1).
- (2018) The top 10 universal delay factors in construction projects. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. vol. 11 (3).