The objective of this week’s topic is to make sure you have an appreciation of the Role of the Project Manager in Commercial Negotiation. Try to ask yourself the questions that were in the slides in this week’s lecture:- 1) What is the Consequence of Disputes, Claims, Variations, and Arbitration? 2) How can we Avoid Disputes, Claims, Variations, and Arbitration? 3) What happens if we don’t Avoid Disputes, Claims, Variations, and Arbitration? Walker & Walker XXXXXXXXXXdiscuss their Study Approach what are your thoughts regarding: 1) Does the World View of the Researchers Matter? 2) Has the research been adequately Validated? S.O. Cheung & and P. T. Chow in 2011 consider the topic of Withdrawal in Construction Project Dispute Negotiation; what are your thoughts regarding: 1) Are the assumptions in Cheung & Chow’s research and hypotheses reasonable? 2) Are the results of the true and false Hypotheses believable in your experience? In conclusion to this week: 1) Do the ideas in Chapter 5 help in structuring your thoughts around Commercial Project Negotiation? |