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  2. Escalation of commitment - Wikipedia

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    [4] The next phase of the escalation process is self-justification and rationalizing if the decision the leader made used resources well, if the resources being used were used to make positive change, and assuring themselves that the decision they chose was right. Leaders must balance costs and benefits of any problem to produce a final decision.

  3. Escalation - Wikipedia

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    Escalation is the process of increasing or rising, derived from the concept of an escalator. Specific uses of the term include: Cost escalation, an increase in the price of goods; Conflict escalation, an increase in the intensity of a conflict; Escalation hypothesis, a theory in evolutionary biology; Escalation of commitment, an aspect of game ...

  4. Glossary of construction cost estimating - Wikipedia

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    Equipment - (1) a category of cost for organizing and summarizing costs, (2) construction equipment used to execute the project work, (3) engineered equipment such as pumps or tanks. Escalation is defined as changes in the cost or price of specific goods or services in a given economy over a period. In estimates, escalation is an allowance to ...

  5. Talk:Escalation - Wikipedia

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    Escalation - Whenever parties (involved) compete and tend to employ better technological improvements in project, then queries and issues are reported. Thus, Escalation of queries and issues is major element of communication and required at utmost preference to improve project, process, product etc.

  6. Project governance - Wikipedia

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    Project governance is the management framework within which project decisions are made. Project governance is a critical element of any project since the accountabilities and responsibilities associated with an organization's business as usual activities are laid down in its organizational governance arrangements; seldom does an equivalent framework exist to govern the development of its ...

  7. Cost contingency - Wikipedia

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    Escalation and currency effects Some of the items, conditions, or events for which the state, occurrence, and/or effect is uncertain include, but are not limited to, planning and estimating errors and omissions, minor price fluctuations (other than general escalation), design developments and changes within the scope, and variations in market ...

  8. Conflict (process) - Wikipedia

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    Put simply, the mediator can be thought of as a disinterested guide directs the disputants through the process of developing a solution to a disagreement. [1] For conflicts with negative interpersonal relationships on a low escalation level, relationship building can help transform the nature of the relationship and improve the communication. [29]

  9. Cost overrun - Wikipedia

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    A less explored possible cause of cost overruns on construction project is the escalation of commitment to a course of action. This theory, grounded in social psychology and organisation behaviour, suggests the tendency of people and organisations to become locked-in and entrapped in a particular course of action and thereby 'throw good money ...