SEEK: Salford Environment for Expertise and Knowledge
John Rooke
Dr John Rooke
postal addressRoom 412 Maxwell Building, University of Salford, The Crescent, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT.
email addressjohnalfredrooke@fastmail.fm
telephone+44 (0)161 295 6344
Key Memberships
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Member of Faculty: Faculty of Health & Social Care
From August 2005 to March 2006.
Member of Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Media & Social Sciences
From April 2002 to August 2005.
Member of School: College of Science & Technology
From April 2006 to present.
Full Member of Research Institute: Institute for Health & Social Care Research (IHSCR)
From August 2005 to March 2006.
Full Member of Research Institute: Research Institute for the Built & Human Environment (BuHu)
From December 2003 to September 2009.
Full Member of Research Institute: Institute for Social, Cultural & Policy Research (ISCPR)
From April 2002 to August 2005.
Full Member of Research Centre: Salford Centre for Research and Innovation (SCRI)
From January 2007 to present.
Full Member of Research Centre: Management in Construction
From December 2003 to January 2007.
Profile Summary

Knowledge, culture and competence in organizations.  Research methods and criteria.  Organizational learning and development.  Control and co-operation in organizations.  Lean thinking.  Formal organizational schemes.  Ethnomethodological studies of work.  Wittgensteinian sociology.  Membership categorization.  Construction management.  Negotiation.  Built environment.  Public health.  Procurement.  Construction site culture.  Health and safety mangement.  Quality management.  Just in time.  Action learning.  Action research.  Evaluation research.  Positivism.  Phenomenology of the social world.  Through life management.  Knowledge management.  Benefits realisation.  Production theory.  Sociological perspectives.  Social theory.  Sociological theory.  Economic theory.  Political theory.  Political economy.

 

Key Qualifications
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2004
PGC Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (from University of Salford).
2002
PhD Civil Engineering (from University of Birmingham).
1996
MPhil Economic and Social Studies (from University of Manchester).
1993
BSocSc Sociology (from University of Manchester).
Key Projects
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2003
Oct
Evaluation of Bolton Cancer Pathways Project
Bolton PCT, £9,452.00.
Investigators: J Rooke (50%), M Black (50%).
Key Publications
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Refereed Journal Articles
2010
Jan
Slivon, C A & Howell, G A & Koskela, L & Rooke, J 2010, 'Social Construction: Understanding Construction in a Human Context', Lean Construction Journal, pp.66-75.abstract
2010
Jan
Rooke, C N & Rooke, J & Koskela, L J & Tzortzopoulos-Fazenda, P 2010, 'Using the physical properties of artefacts to manage through-life knowledge flows in the built environment, an initial exploration', Construction Management & Economics, 28(6), pp.601-613.abstract
2009
Apr
Tzortzopoulos-Fazenda, P & Codinhoto, R & Kagioglou, M & Rooke, J & Koskela, L J 2009, 'The gaps between healthcare service and building design: a state of the art review', Ambiente Construído (Built Environment), 9(2), pp.47-55.abstract
2009
Jan
Rooke, J & Koskela, L J & Kagioglou, M 2009, 'Informality in organization and research : a review and a proposal', Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), pp.913-922.abstract
2008
Jul
Rooke, J & M., M E & M, S & Koskela, L J & Mohan, S & Kagioglou, M & C, S 2008, 'Models and Metaphors: Complexity Theory and Through-Life Management in the Built Environment', -International Journal of Architectural, Engineering and Design Management,, 4(1), pp.47-57.abstract
1995
Jan
Seymour, D & Rooke, J 1995, 'Seymour, D. & Rooke, J. (1995) ¿The Culture of the Industry and the Culture of Research,¿ , ', Construction Management and Economics, 13(6), pp.511-523.
Letters in Journals
2012
Jan
Rooke, J & Koskela, L & Kagioglou, M 2012, 'Lean Healthcare: the success of a toolkit depends also on the people who use the tools', Annals of Emergency Medicine, TBC.
Papers in Published Conference Proceedings
2010
Jul
Rooke, J & Sapountzis, S & Koskela, L J & Codinhoto, R & Kagioglou, M 2010, Lean Knowledge Management: The Problem of Value, in: Walsh, K (ed.), 'Proceedings 18th Annual International Group for Lean Construction Conference', National Building Research Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, pp.12-21. Conference details: 18th Annual International Group for Lean Construction Conference, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 14-16 July 2010.abstract
2009
Jul
Koskela, L J & Rooke, J 2009, What Triggers Management Innovation?, in: Hirota, E & Cuperus, Y (eds.), 'Proceedings IGLC 17; 17th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction', TBA, Taipei, Taiwan, pp.337-343. Conference details: 17th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, LCI-Taiwan and LCI-Asia, The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, July 15-17, 2009.abstract
Key Presence
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Conference Organisation
2011
Jul
IGLC 19 (Lima, Peru, July 2011).

Technical Chair and Editor of Proceedings

Invited Papers and Lectures
2008
Jun
Unique Adequacy and Knowledge: management and research, Strategic Development Research Unit, Birmingham City University (June, 2008)
Unique Adequacy and Knowledge: management and research, Strategic Development Research Unit, Birmingham City University