Group behavior and group management in Turkish construction sector

Generally a group is a community formed by people who get together for a purpose and take the responsibility of some certain roles. The groups mostly create their own norms and cultures by way of effecting or completely changing personal thoughts and behaviors of the group individuals. Therefore management science is concerned with group psychology and behavior as well as individuals?. Construction is a production type that is realized by interdisciplinary cooperation and participation of many groups with intense effort. While achieving the expected quality and cost of construction of the production within certain time period, the understanding and behavior of the participating groups are very important. The aim of this study is to research the group behaviors and the relationship among design, building audit and sub-contractor groups and their interaction which have a great deal of effect on construction production. Under this scope, a questionnaire survey conducted to collect data related with the behavior of these groups. Important results are obtained about the behavior of the above mentioned groups and the reflections of these behaviors to the construction process.