Governance of network organisations from the building owner’s perspective

Authors

• Antti Tuomela

Keywords:

network organisation, building owner, literature review, facilities design and service delivery.

Abstract

A growing number of building owner organisations are experimenting with the new network way of organising their businesses. The literature on construction and facilities management provides little information on the dimensions and characteristics of business networks and network organisations. This article studies the management trends that affect governance network organisations from the building owner’s perspective. Building owners’ organisational networks are analysed by means of a comparison of general network management literature, literature on construction and facilities management and prevailing case experiences in a Finnish building owner organisation. The article compares general independent variables of network organisation governance, such as client centrality, self-governance, flexibility, specialisation, virtuality, joint objectives, and joint marketing to building owner organisation network management trends, which are discussed in order to increase knowledge of the changing business environment.