DAB Digest 4: Human Interaction in Project Management

Mano Nugapitiya, PhD in Project Management Thesis, 2008
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Using a qualitative methodology, concepts were tested in a major case study involving an identifiable and complex project in Australia. The thesis highlights the many social processes that take place concurrently with the technical process, and how these social processes come to influence the project, and identifies the importance of and complexity of human interaction.

In DAB News: Humanising project management practice and theory

Placing commercial property in the Australian capital market

David Higgins, RICS Research paper series, Volume 7 Number 12, September 2007
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Like other developed countries, commercial property in Australia is an important investment asset class. On available data, the extent and composition of investment grade commercial property and associated property investment products can be measured and compared to the wider Australian investment market. In separating the equity, commercial property and publicly traded debt components, the size of the Australian investment market for these asset classes can be compared to the global equivalent.

DAB Digest 3: Do valuations assist residential property investors prior to purchase? An industry perspective

Vince Mangioni, Master of Applied Science in Building Studies (Research) Thesis 2006
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A survey of seven professions confirms support for the use of valuation advice by residential property investors and their investment advisers prior to purchase.