ART - White Paper - Relationship between Consultants and Project Managers 2011

The document is a compilation of various research articles and reports related to the management and governance of engineering services in transportation departments. The document includes studies on topics such as the performance implications of strategic fit in supply chain relationships, managing change in state departments of transportation, alliances in industrial purchasing, public procurement and innovation, mail surveys and response rates, strategies to strengthen consultant management, contracts and values in contract law, formal contracts and relational governance, privatization and public-private partnerships, the economics of privatization, the impact of spending on oversight, outsourcing of state highway facilities and services, and the effects of trust on performance in interorganizational and interpersonal relationships.