Lena Elisabeth Bygballe

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth & Swärd, Anna (2019)

Collaborative Project Delivery Models and the Role of Routines in Institutionalizing Partnering

Project Management Journal, 50(2), s. 1- 16. Doi: 10.1177/8756972818820213

It is widely held that collaborative project delivery models, such as partnering, represent a key means of improving construction project performance. Institutionalizing these models in practice, however, is not straightforward. We suggest that the (in)ability to establish new routines may be one reason for the variance in partnering outcomes. Based on a study of a partnering project, we develop a model of how partnering is institutionalized through the establishment of routines, enabled through common understanding and truces between the partners’ interests. The model illustrates how such routines develop through a balance between top-down structural interventions and emergent social learning processes.

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth & Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (2018)

Practices in Institutional Prosjects as Moblizers of Change: A Case of Adaptation to Climate Change

Academy of Management Proceedings

Kvalshaugen, Ragnhild & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2018)

Practices in institutional projects as mobilizers of change: A case of adaptation to climate change

Academy of Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2018.13135abstract

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Endresen, Maria & Fålun, Silje (2018)

The role of formal and informal mechanisms in implementing lean principles in construction projects

Engineering Construction and Architectural Management Doi: 10.1108/ECAM-07-2017-0138

Purpose – Previous research shows that implementing lean construction is not a straightforward task. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of formal and informal mechanisms in implementing lean principles in construction projects. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a single case study of the implementation of innovative lean principles in a public construction project in Norway. The study is based on qualitative data, including 17 semi-structured interviews with 21 individuals, document analysis, and observations in meetings and seminars, in addition to informal conversations. Findings – Formal mechanisms, including contractual arrangements, have the potential to both facilitate and hamper the implementation of innovative lean principles in a construction project. They might create coherence, but at the same time they might limit the scope of the concept in such a way that others do not accept it. Informal mechanisms, including social and lateral relationships and trust aid implementation, both directly by creating commitment and by modifying the challenges that the formal mechanisms potentially incur. Formal mechanisms may, in turn, nurture the informal ones. Research limitations/implications – The research is based on a single case study within the Norwegian public sector, which is dependent on specific public procurement regulations and subject to strong contractual traditions. Originality/value – The research extends the existing knowledge of implementation of lean construction in the construction industry. It helps refining the understanding of the role played by formal and informal mechanisms, and the interplay between them in the implementation process. This knowledge is also relevant for process innovations in construction in general.

Swärd, Anna & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2017)

Lean Construction i et Strategisk perspektiv

Kalsaas, Bo Terje (red.). Lean Construction. Forstå og forbedre prosjektbasert produksjon

Hinna, Anne Kari & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2013)

Bruk av innleie i norsk byggenæring

[Avis]

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2012)

Nye konkurranseforhold i byggebransjen

El magasinet [Avis]

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2012)

Endringer i arkitektbransjen

Arkitektnytt [Avis]

Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2018)

Practices in Institutional Projects as Mobilizers of Change: A Case of Adaptation to Climate Change

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management.

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Swärd, Anna & Vaagaasar, Anne Live (2018)

Routines as Truces in multipartner collaborations

[Academic lecture]. Pros Conference,.

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Swärd, Anna & Vaagaasar, Anne Live (2018)

How temporality shapes routine enactment and the understanding of past, present and future routine performance.

[Academic lecture]. Process Symposium.

Swärd, Anna; Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth & Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (2018)

Controlling for trust

[Academic lecture]. SMS special conference.

Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Swärd, Anna & Vaagaasar, Anne Live (2018)

Routines in temporary multi-organizations

[Academic lecture]. EGOS colloqium- Tallinn.