Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-134).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-130).

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-157).

Inaug.-Diss.--Universität München. / Bibliography: p. 4-11.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 410-426).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Claremont Graduate School, 1990. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical reference (leaves 227-231).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-130).

Inaug.-Diss.--Universität München. / Bibliography: p. 4-11.

The expenditure by financial institutions in South Africa on building projects could conservatively be estimated to total in the region of a billion rand per annum. It is surprising, given the amount of money being spent that there is currently no co-operation between the various financial institutions in the field of building project management. The research in this study found that most financial institutions were not taking into account all the costs and benefits when undertaking a project. When a project is undertaken in this manner, the viability analysis would not be a true reflection of the project being undertaken. The areas which were not taken into account when undertaking a project were the indirect project costs, which included costs like the project management staff themselves. An exception to this was First National Bank Metropolitan Delivery. They followed an outsourcing strategy in terms of their building project management function and the cost of this was known and added into the project cost. In terms of the benefits, this study found that the financial institutions do not take the intangible benefits into account. They do not consider the long term benefits which will be derived as a result of the implementation of a project. Arriving at a model which takes into account these factors, would provide material for a Doctorate thesis.

The objectives were to evaluate the prudential supervision of UK building societies and to produce a blueprint for reform. The cases for and against regulation with particular reference to financial institutions and building societies were evaluated and the objectives of regulation were subsequently incorporated into a building society questionnaire. The supervision of societies since the Building Societies Act 1986 and five case studies were examined with respect to five objectives of supervision. A series of semi-structured interviews were conducted with members of the industry.