Assessment 1A: Critical Review Report - Procurement in Melbourne

This report is a critical review of collaborative procurement mechanisms used in commercial construction projects in Melbourne. It examines the functionalities of collaborative procurement models, focusing on research and analysis, and work division within large-scale companies. The report analyzes a scholarly article by Chen and Manley (2014), exploring its aims, research methods, scope, usefulness, and limitations. It also evaluates the credibility of the article and provides annotations of relevant articles cited, including Davis and Love (2011) and Bresnen (2009). The report identifies research gaps, reflects on the learning experience, and highlights the importance of time management and collaborative teamwork. The student used peer-reviewed journals to compile the report and used Turnitin to ensure originality.

Assessment 1A: Critical Review Report
Executive summary of the report:
This report aims to achieve the understanding of various responsibilities associated with collaborative
procurement mechanisms used by commercial projects in construction in Melbourne. The aim of this
report is to understand working mechanisms associated with adoption of collaborative procurement
procedures in research and analysis as well as work division for construction work in large-scale
companies.
Proposed research topic
Understanding the characteristics of Collaborative Procurement Commercial Projects in Melbourne
Summary of the main identified scholarly article relevant to the topic:
[1] Article citation
[1] Chen, L. and Manley, K., 2014. Validation of an instrument to measure governance and performance
on collaborative infrastructure projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(5),
p.04014006.
A. Provide the Annotation
[2] Introduction- In this article, Chen and Manley (2014), describe the functionalities of
collaborative procurement models application in order to design a model to establish relationship
between operations involved to produce better outcomes in constructional projects. Establishment of
alliance to produce strategies pertaining to innovative measures and cost management policies are
built in collaboration with the respective governmental organization.
[3] Aims, research questions & Research Methods- The aim of this report is to produce a conceptual
model, mechanisms involved in the process like estimation of cost, risk management methodologies,
integration of design, as well as informal mechanisms, which include leadership, required expertise of
personnel involved. The methods used are designing the operational structure related to governance
and performance in a project (Chen and Manley, 2014)
[4] Scope- In this project Chen and Manley (2014), designed the methods of collaborative
procurement methods with surveys and data collection methods to analyze the required outcome.
Sample size and involved participants information are used to strategize data analysis. Collaborative
procurement methods scope is to successfully establish the connection between experts and
respective actions taken.
[5] Usefulness [to a particular topic]-Collaborative procurement methods, as stated by Chen and
Manley (2014), is useful for constructional projects to develop a framework to effectively manage the
various relevant operations of project management for large-scale projects to increase outcome and
potential of a project. This article provides with an estimation of budget, required stakeholders,
responsibilities and functions that are related to governing a project.
[6] Limitations- The limitation for this project lies in the mechanisms used to describe situational
outcomes, where participants were sent mails to provide survey on various issues related to the

project, which was vague due to absence of these participants during the execution of this
constructional work.
[7] Conclusions- The research was conducted to establish usefulness of collaborative procurement in
commercial projects with a designed framework used for establishing a successful execution of a
constructional project. Moreover, formal and informal mechanisms used for conducting the analysis
helped to identify the necessary requirements.
[8] Reflection-This research paper is directly related to the topic, which states collaborative
procurement models used by constructional companies in Melbourne, which helps to indicate the
necessity of implying procurement methodologies by constructional companies in order to have a
better outcome in projects, which was undertaken by a construction organization.
B. Evaluate the credibility of the article
This is a peer-reviewed detailed article on collaborative procurement models, which is free and
referred in works of more than 200 research experts, used in articles from the domain.
C. Explain how did you locate and download the article
This article was located using keywords from the topic, which was then searched in Google scholar
for relevant peer reviewed articles and journals; this was downloaded due to the detailed analysis
done by the researchers.
Summary of a relevant article cited by the main article
Article citation
Davis, P. and Love, P., 2011. Alliance contracting: adding value through relationship development.
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 18(5), pp.444-461.
A. Evaluate the credibility of the article
This article was found by searching relevant keywords provided in the main article, and this is a peer-
reviewed journal used by various authors in research works to refer and validate methods and
processes used.

B. Explain how did you locate the article
This article was used as a reference by authors Chen and Manley in collaborative procurement
methods for constructional framework in the main article, and with relevant available
information, this article was found on Google Scholar.
C. Provide the brief annotation
This article aims to provide use of collaborative relations in between supply chain and undertaken
constructional projects. The methodology used is process of conceptual modelling of alliance
contracts, which are used in construction. 49 detailed reviews from industry professionals have been
used in this article, however the sample size used act as limitation to the outcome of the project.
Experienced personnel within the industry provided with issues related to alliance constructional
opportunities as well as the process of establishing relation between the involved stakeholders and
the management. Both practical and social implications are derived to develop a constructional
development and modelling process.
Summary of a relevant article citing the main article
Article citation
Bresnen, M., 2009. Living the dream? Understanding partnering as emergent practice. Construction
management and economics, 27(10), pp.923-933.
A. Evaluate the credibility of the article
The authors Chen and Manley for research on collaborative procurement methods use this article.
Various scholars for research purposes have used this peer-reviewed article.
B. Explain how did you locate the article
This was used in the research paper due to relevant context in collaborative procurement projects in
construction. With the help of keywords from the topic provided relevant article was taken from
Google Scholar.
C. Provide the brief annotation
Practice turn related to studies in organizational behaviour are getting practical implementation as
well as a learning environment is established. The complex nature of humans’ continuous effort in
order to understand this nature in the organizational policy implementation and subsequent effect on
those pertinent actions. Effect of local policies adopted by organization and effect of such actions on
working policies of a company are described in detail with theories, practical models. However, there
are certain limitations like the chosen local place policy, which varies from place to place.
Continuous practice as well as close monitoring of participating organization provides an in-depth
analysis of the concerned problems and practices.

A preliminary research gap or statement of the research problem
This article by Chen and Manley (2014) took into consideration various paradigms of implementing
collaborative procurement but there are certain demerits associated with the process. Policy maker’s rules
and implementations for constructional projects are not taken under consideration. Sample size used to
conduct research is virtual feedbacks, which do not provide accurate outcomes. The formal and informal
mechanisms taken under consideration are not completely justified with factual raw data and statistical
analysis of outcomes. The necessary factors required for establishing a relation between the research
methodologies used to perform the analysis and the factors and issues pointed out are inconsistent with the
requirement.
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A critical reflection of your learning experience
I was completely unaware of different types of working mechanisms, which companies implement to
complete a work. Involvement of stakeholders in different stages of the process, where work division
plays an important role. Companies’ active role in managing a task through division amongst the
work force, which promotes teamwork made me realize the importance of working in collaboration
with my team members. Through this article importance of collaborative procurement used in
projects, typically related to performance-based operations like those that construction works in-depth
idea has been acquired. Four weeks with my assignment made me realize the importance of timely
submission of my work for easier implementation and conduction is understood. The submission of
personally performed practical assignments should always have an originality associated with it,
software’s like Turnitin, where submitted articles by students are checked for similarity index helped
me a lot through the process to keep my articles original and devoid of plagiarism. The approaches,
which are adopted by large organizations to conduct efficient work with result-based approach, has
helped me to understand real life implications in problem solving. The most important factor, which I
learned with my research, is time management. This means, by dividing the task amongst team
members for efficient performance as well as reduced time output for the task is achieved
successfully. This has helped to realise the importance associated with timely completion of a given
project within the provided deadline. My teachers have helped me a lot with understanding of the
topic as a whole, and my approach on a task with their help has provided me with knowledge and
idea about practical implications of the research work under consideration. Sources used for writing
this article, which are peer-reviewed journals by respective professionals from the industry, have
been the connecting dots for my assignment.