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@CONFERENCE{Pasquire2017,
author={Pasquire, Christine and Ebbs, Paul },
editor={ },
title={Shared Understanding: The Machine Code of the Social in a Socio-Technical System}, 
journal={25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, 
booktitle={25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, 
year={2017},
pages={365-372},
url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1409},
doi={10.24928/2017/0342},
affiliation={Professor of Lean Project Management; Centre for Lean Projects, School of Architecture, Design and Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, UK. christine.pasquire@ntu.ac.uk ; Research Fellow; Centre for Lean Projects, School of Architecture, Design and Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, UK paul.ebbs@ntu.ac.uk },
abstract={The emergence of the explicit need for shared understanding as an underpinning flow in lean construction has generated some debate and exposed a need to provide a better explanation. Following an investigation comprising of a total of 27 interviews and several workshops, the data identifies and connects the relationship between inappropriate understanding and constraints to flow - represented through a conceptual model. The research further identified that introducing lean construction concepts associated with the Last Planner® System caused the participants to realise the importance of a shared understanding when previously they had not raised it as a source of constraint or problem. The research concludes that a shared understanding is critical to the social aspects of a sociotechnical system and needs to be precise and project specific to achieve the desired outcomes. In this way, a shared understanding can be considered to be the equivalent of a machine code in an operating system - if the understanding breaks down then so does the project delivery system. },
author_keywords={8th flow; common understanding; shared understanding; lean construction },
address={ Heraklion, Greece },
issn={2309-0979 },
publisher={ },
language={English},
document_type={Conference Paper},
source={IGLC},
}