Thesis (M.Hous.M.)--University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Hous.M.)--University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Also available in print.

That there is great potential in the environmental benefits in the real estate area is obvious and theories from the research society on how to make them profitable for the real estate companies are many. However, it is still unclear which path to choose, in order to make theories become realities. The objective of this study is to anaalyze some of the strategic factors behind the choice of green buildings investments focusing on the Swedish market. The purpose is to understand the way real estate companies in Sweden manage the risks and opportunities in these green investments. The aim is to recognize the underlying framework for understanding the customers and their needs for a productive environemnt in commercial buildings. This thesis has concluded that the management of real estate companies is preceding the development of green buildings with caution. There are still knowledge barriers between management and actual real estate manager or rental department on how to communicate the "green" benefits for the building and the leases. The study also found evidence for the real estate companies problem to account and communicate the unique selling points (USP) of the "green" premium in a lease. Goverment policies and finacial incentives on credit arrangments are seen as to become more important for a positive development of conventional buildings into "green buildings". The ever growing importance of Corporate Social Responsibility might also become one of the driving factors for the development of more green buildings in Sweden.

The real-estate sector has traditionally been thinking in terms of “bricks and mortar” focusing more on the buildings than on the tenants. A change of approach has, however, been detected since the mid 1990s. The tenant is now more in focus. This new situation puts higher requirements on both the individual real-estate manager’s and organization’s ability to determine the needs of the tenants. Evaluations and knowledge management can be a help in this process Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is one tool where the tenant’s perspective is in focus. The purpose of this thesis is to study the Swedish real-estate sector’s attitudes and experience of POE. Furthermore the purpose is to investigate how POE can be implemented in the organization and what barriers there are to implementation. This thesis presents three empirical studies of the real-estate sector and their use of POE. The first study is a survey sent to Swedish real-estate managers to determine their attitudes and experience of POE. This study was followed up by a more in-depth interview study to determine the attitudes regarding POE among the real-estate managers. The third study was also an interview study and it was carried out with individuals in leading positions in organizations in the real-estate sector. The aim of this study was to get a clearer view of possibilities for change and barriers to change within the real-estate sector The results show that there is an interest from the real-estate managers towards evaluations but that they rarely carry out evaluations. The main barrier detected is the lack of support from top management and this has resulted in a lack of incentives for realestate managers to work with POE. The reason for this lack of interest from the top management can be the culture of the real-estate sector, a culture which has sprung from the building sector. The conclusion is that problems will not be solved solely by implementing POE. The organisation must take care of the information, share it, learn from it and use it in the best way in current and future projects. This can only be done by implanting a knowledge management system. To enable this kind of change within the organisation the top management must underline the importance of this and at the same time give the organisation both the right tools to enable implementation and incentives to carry this out and follow it through. One way to show the importance of knowledge management, and at the same time create incentives and methods to follow up the development of the organisation is to integrate POE in the Balanced Scorecard. The conclusion is that if the top management doesn’t want the organisation to fall behind its competitors it must put knowledge management on the agenda. Sooner or later the competitors will implement evaluations and knowledge management in their organisations, and then it is only a question of time before they have built a better and stronger organisation, with better-qualified employees, that generates more efficient services and more satisfied customers. / <p>ISBN (invalid): 9197598484</p>

by Tsoi To-wa. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-70). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.v / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION / General Organization of the MBA Project --- p.1 / Broad Problem Area --- p.2 / Preliminary Data Collection --- p.4 / Initial Literature Survey --- p.5 / Problem Definition --- p.6 / Project Process and Management --- p.6 / Chapter II. --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY / Methodology --- p.9 / Case Study Approach --- p.9 / Purpose of the Study --- p.10 / The Settings --- p.10 / Breadth and Time-Frame of Study --- p.11 / Data Collection --- p.12 / Casual Discussions --- p.12 / Observational Surveys --- p.12 / Chapter III. --- LITERATURE SURVEY / Definition of Quality --- p.13 / TQM as a Concept --- p.14 / Customer Orientation --- p.15 / Empowering People to Achieve Quality --- p.16 / TQM as a Process --- p.17 / Deming's 14 Points --- p.19 / Chinese Business Culture and Style --- p.21 / Chinese Behavioural Culture and Style --- p.26 / Chapter IV. --- DATA COLLECTION / The Group's Business Activities --- p.27 / The Role of the Development Department --- p.29 / Difficulties with Building Process --- p.29 / The Internal Organization of Development Department --- p.30 / The Internal Working of Development Department --- p.33 / Lack of Longer Term Perspectives --- p.33 / Lack of Specified Working Procedures --- p.34 / Lack of Formal Co-ordination among Different Departments --- p.35 / Lack of Formal Communication --- p.36 / Centralized Decision Making Authority --- p.36 / The Group's Mentality over Property Development --- p.37 / Lack of Performing Contractors --- p.37 / The Call for Quality --- p.38 / Corporate Goals and Values --- p.39 / Corporate Goals --- p.39 / Corporate Values --- p.40 / The Quality Improvement Process --- p.40 / Across the Company --- p.40 / Within the Development Department --- p.41 / Response on the TQM Efforts --- p.44 / Individual Response --- p.45 / Organizational Response --- p.49 / Chapter V. --- ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION / TQM as a Concept --- p.51 / Customer Orientation --- p.53 / Empowering People to Achieve Quality --- p.54 / TQM as a Process --- p.55 / Personalism and Face Giving --- p.56 / The Lack of Training --- p.56 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSION / Experiences with S Group from the Corporate Culture Perspective --- p.58 / Conclusion --- p.60 / Long Term Perspectives --- p.60 / Top Management Support --- p.60 / Improving Personnel Policy --- p.60 / Process vs Result Orientation --- p.61 / Cultural Changes --- p.61 / Recommendations for Further Study --- p.62 / APPENDIX --- p.64 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.68

by Woo Yan Fan, Stella. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [36-37, 3rd gp.]). / executive summary --- p.ii / table of contents --- p.viii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- environment of business --- p.1 / Background --- p.1 / Change in Construction Industry in the PRC Context --- p.2 / Quality Management in Hong Kong --- p.4 / Quality Awareness Campaign in the Construction Industry --- p.4 / Quality Management in the Public Sector --- p.5 / Business Opportunity in Quality Management in the PRC --- p.6 / Chapter ii. --- quality assurance - confidence to the purchaser --- p.7 / Definition --- p.7 / "Service Concept of the TQM Quality Management Co., Ltd" --- p.7 / Implementation of Quality Assurance Management --- p.8 / Benefits of a Fee-based Quality Assurance Sytem --- p.10 / Chapter iii. --- market reserach --- p.11 / Analysis of Quality Management in the PRC Context --- p.11 / Current Quality Problems --- p.11 / Underlying Reasons for Quality Problems --- p.12 / Implementation of Quality Assurance in China's Construction Industry --- p.12 / Difficulties in Applying Quality Assurance in China's Construction Industry --- p.14 / Strategy for Implementating Total Quality --- p.15 / Product Profile --- p.16 / Market Profile --- p.21 / "Shanghai""" --- p.22 / Beijing --- p.26 / Guangzhou --- p.28 / Market Potential --- p.28 / Customers' Profile --- p.32 / New World Development --- p.32 / Henderson China --- p.33 / Other Major Players --- p.35 / Competitors' Profile --- p.35 / Direct Competitors --- p.35 / Indirect Competitors --- p.35 / Chapter iv. --- target market --- p.37 / Chapter v. --- marketing strategy --- p.39 / Marketing Objectives --- p.39 / Customer Acquisition --- p.39 / Break Even in the First Year --- p.40 / Mission --- p.40 / Growth --- p.40 / Marketing Plan --- p.41 / Product --- p.42 / Product Objectives --- p.42 / Product Strategy --- p.43 / Promotion --- p.44 / Promotion Objectives --- p.44 / Promotion Strategy --- p.45 / Pricing --- p.45 / Pricing Objectives --- p.45 / Pricing Strategy --- p.46 / Growth --- p.47 / Growth Objectives --- p.47 / Growth Strategy --- p.48 / Human Resources --- p.48 / Human Resources Objectives --- p.48 / Human Resources Strategy --- p.49 / Chapter vi. --- management team --- p.50 / Leadership and Organisation --- p.50 / "Founders of the TQM Quality Management Co., Ltd" --- p.50 / Other Staff and Associates --- p.51 / Chapter vii. --- financial aspects --- p.52 / appendices / Chapter 1. --- SHANGHAI - PUDONG NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA --- p.A-l / Chapter 2. --- SHANGHAI - INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT --- p.A-2 / INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN --- p.A-3 / INFRASTRUCTURE TABLE --- p.A-4 / Chapter 3. --- HONG KONG CONSORTIA ENTHUSIASTIC OVER SHANGHAI PROPERTY --- p.A-6 / Chapter 4. --- LOCAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT CONTRACT IN THE PRC --- p.A-9 / Chapter 5. --- CHINESE CITIES KEY REAL ESTATE FACTS AND FIGURES --- p.A-29 / bibliography. --- p.B-1

Corporate Real Estate (CRE) investors are often confronted with a need for flexibility in buildings. They often embark on costly renovations to accommodate changing use requirements. When new needs arise, landlords and tenants often risk loss due to inability to easily switch to configurations that can meet those needs. The main cause for this problem is lack of a planning model that can allow buildings to easily evolve over time allowing decision-makers to hedge investment positions against risk due to uncertainty. The emergence of Real Options (RO) theory in the 1970's has led to debates in search of a better planning model for real projects. The success of RO application in building construction (BC) hinges on the development of models that can be used to assess economic performance of flexible design options (FDO) in building systems. For building interior spaces, there is currently no model that can value flexibility of partition systems. The purpose of this study is to present a model that can be used to value flexibility in mutually exclusive partition systems over a project's life span. The proposed model uses decision tree representation, stochastic forecasting and random sampling of decision-path scenarios to generate cumulative risk profiles of partition systems' life cycle costs with expected median value, standard deviation and variance to inform decision making under uncertainty. The research processes include: assumptions, decision-making structure for identification of uncertain variable, model representation, spreadsheet programming, Monte Carlo simulation, and validation. The model will enable application of RO "in" BC projects.

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Thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Science in property development and Management to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Construction Economics and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2017 / Purpose- The main objective of this study was to determine a particular knowledge and skill of the senior management of the South African entertainment and media industry towards corporate real estate management. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version] / MT 2018

Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Western Cape Province experiences a shortage of funds, which results in provincial departments, such as the Western Cape EducationDepartment (WCED), not being able to fulfil all its needs. Alternative methods of funding have to be found to supplement the traditional tax-based funding by the State. The Provincial Administration: Western Cape (PAWC) owns immovable properties which are not fully utilised or managed cost-effectively. Properties, if managed entrepreneurially, offer the advantage of an income to the PAWC, and the WCED in particular. This study investigates the possibility of entrepreneurial property management in the public sector. Literature has been studied in order to establish what property management is about, what public management and entrepreneurial public management entail, and the characteristics that organisations should have to manage themselves innovatively. The present property management system in the PAWC and the WCED was examined and problems regarding the system highlighted. Guidelines for entrepreneurial property management were then drawn from the literature. With a view to ensuring the optimal management and use of property and a comprehensive service to clients, an organisational structure model was developed and illustrated schematically. The existing public management system was evaluated and found to be unsatisfactory measured against the guidelines and model for entrepreneurial public management. Recommendations were made for changing and renewing the organisational structure and management style of the PAWC and WCED. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Wes-Kaap Provinsie ondervind 'n tekort aan fondse, wat meebring dat provinsiale departemente, soos die Wes-Kaap Onderwysdepartement (WKOD), nie in al hul behoeftes kan voorsien nie. Alternatiewe befondsingsmetodes moet ondersoek word ten einde die staat se tradisionele belastinggebaseerde inkomste aan te vul. Die Provinsiale Administrasie:Wes-Kaap (PAWK) besit vaste eiendomme wat nie optimaal benut of koste effektief bestuur word nie. Indien eiendomme ondernemend bestuur kan word, is dit moontik dat dit 'n bron van inkomste kan word vir die PAWK en die WKOD in die besonder. Hierdie studie ondersoek die moontlikheid van ondernemende eiendomsbestuur in die openbare sektor. Literatuur is bestudeer om vas te stel wat onder eiendomsbestuur verstaan word, wat onder openbare bestuur en ondernemende openbare bestuur verstaan word, en watter eienskappe openbare organisasies moet openbaar om ondernemend bestuur te word. Die eiendomsbestuurstelsel in die PAWK en die WKOD is beskryf en die probleme in die stelsel belig. Riglyne vir ondernemende openbare eiendomsbestuur is uit die literatuur afgelei. 'n Organisasiestruktuurmodel, gerig op die maksimale bestuur en benutting van eiendomme en 'n omvattende diens aan kliênte, is ontwikkel en skematies voorgestel. Die bestaande eiendomsbestuurstelselis geëvalueer en daar is bevind dat dit nie aan die vereistes van die voorgestelde riglyne en model vir ondernemende openbare bestuur voldoen nie. Aanbevelings is gemaak vir vernuwing in die PAWK en die WKOD se organisasiestruktuur en bestuursbenadering.