Dr Steven McCabe
Steve is an accomplished lecturer, researcher and economist, with considerable knowledge of business, manufacturing and construction.
Steve has worked with organisations in both the private and public sectors in understanding how people are crucial when it comes to long-term development, innovation and creativity. Drawing on his economics expertise, Steve regularly provides commentary and contributions for local, national and international media outlets in press, radio and television.
Steve is also a Senior Fellow of the University's听Centre for Brexit Studies, and regularly provides blogs and think pieces for the Centre. He has lectured at 探花直播 since 1987, has authored three texts examining quality improvement techniques and produced numerous chapters in edited texts, conference papers and more.
Publications
Books
McCabe, S. (1998), Quality Improvement Techniques in Construction, Addison Wesley Longman, Harlow, Essex
McCabe, S. (2001), Benchmarking in Construction, Blackwell Science, Oxford
McCabe, S. (2010), Corporate Strategy in Construction), Blackwell-Wiley, Oxford听
Booklets
McCabe, S. (2004), Management and Organisation (distance learning booklet) KYRA Publications, Solihull
McCabe, S. (2006), Leadership (distance learning booklet), KYRA Publications, Solihull
McCabe, S. (2008), Energy Factsheet for Portugal, RICS Publications, London
McCabe, S. (2008), Energy Factsheet for Spain, RICS Publications, London
Chapters in books
McCabe, S. (1995), 鈥楢n introduction to project management鈥, in T. Muir and B. Rance (eds.), Collaborative Practice in the Built Environment, E & FN Spon, London, pp. 94-115
McCabe, S., J. Rooke and D. Seymour (1996), 'The importance of leadership in change initiatives', in D.A. Langford and A Retik (eds.), The Organization and Management of Construction: Shaping Theory and Practice (Volume One), E & FN Spon, London, pp. 589-598听
McCabe, S. (1997), 鈥楥an quality work in construction? Its effects on contracting firms鈥, in B. Greenhalgh (ed.), Management for Land, Construction and Property Professionals, E & FN Spon, London, pp. 288-298
McCabe, S. (2004), 鈥楥oping with change and improvement 鈥 a simplified guide鈥, in M. Murray and D. Langford (eds.), Architect鈥檚 Handbook of Construction Project Management, RIBA Publications, London, pp 227-244
McCabe, S. (2007), 鈥楻espect for people 鈥 the dawn of a new era or mere rhetoric?鈥 in People and Culture in Construction - A reader, edited by A. Dainty, S. Green, and B. Bagilhole, Spon, London, pp. 300-315
Articles in journals
McCabe, S. (1996), 'Creating excellence in construction companies: UK contractors' experiences of quality initiatives', in TQM Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 6, pp. 14-19
McCabe, S. (1997), 'Using suitable tools for researching what quality managers in construction organisations actually do', in Journal of Construction Procurement, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 72-87
McCabe, S., J. Rooke, D. Seymour and P. Brown (1998), 'Quality managers, authority and leadership', in Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 16, pp. 447-457
McCabe, S. (2006). 鈥榁aluing people in construction: a historical perspective鈥, in Construction Information Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2., CIOB, Ascot, pp.63-69
Conference contributions
Seymour, D and McCabe, S. (1994) 鈥業s it possible not to take sides? Researching the impact of听 BS 5750 in construction鈥, in the proceedings of The Tenth Annual ARCOM Conference, Loughborough University of Technology, pp. 454-464
McCabe, S., J. Rooke and D. Seymour (1995), 'Quality managers and cultural change', in the proceedings of The Eleventh Annual ARCOM Conference, York University, pp. 452-459.
McCabe, S., J. Rooke and D. Crook (1996), 'Change management in construction 鈥 a consideration of how theory can inform understanding in practice', in the听 proceedings of The Twelfth Annual ARCOM Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, pp. 368-377
McCabe, S, D. Crook, J. Rooke and D. Seymour (1997), 'Construction's experiences of attempting to become world class: the role of academics in assisting practitioners', in the proceedings of The Thirteenth Annual ARCOM Conference, Cambridge University, pp. 291-300
Waterhouse, M, S. McCabe and G. Kelly (1999), 鈥楧eveloping a model for measuring client satisfaction in a number of surveying firms in the West Midlands鈥, Fourth National Marketing Construction Conference, Oxford Brookes University, pp 41-43
Waterhouse, M, S. McCabe and G. Kelly (1999) 鈥楾he practical issues inherent in the use of a generic model for benchmarking in a number of surveying practices in the West Midlands鈥, COBRA/RICS Conference, Salford University, pp. 142-148
Waterhouse, M and S. McCabe听 (1999), 鈥楢 critical examination of the concept of best practice鈥, The Fifteenth Annual ARCOM Conference, John Moores University, Liverpool
Botchway, B., Waterhouse, M. and S. McCabe, (2000), 鈥楳anagement Perceptions of Client Care in Small Surveying Practices in the West Midlands鈥, COBRA/RICS Conference
McCabe, S. (2000), Striving to be the best: a case study of construction benchmarking world class organisations鈥, The Sixteenth Annual ARCOM Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University,听
McCabe, S. (2003), 鈥楾he 鈥楻espect for People鈥 Initiative 鈥 Mere Rhetoric or A New Epoch in British Construction?鈥櫶 COBRA/RICS Conference, Wolverhampton University,
McCabe, S. (2004),听 鈥楿sing training and education to create culture change in construction 鈥 an exploration of the use of 鈥淓gan-inspired鈥 initiatives in the West Midlands, COBRA/RICS Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University
Boyd, D., and S. McCabe. (2004), 鈥榃hat have we learned about improvement in construction? Empirical reflections on quality management since the advent of BS5750, The twentieth Annual ARCOM Conference, Herriot Watt University
McCabe, S. (2007) 'Reconciling theory and practice: the principles of action research reconsidered', paper presented at the International Symposium towards the Formation of Theory for the Built Environment, Salford and published in the Conference proceedings (with D. Seymour)听
McCabe, S. and Kilby, A. (2008), 鈥楬uman Resource Management (HRM) in Construction: An exploration of issues and practice鈥 The twenty fourth Annual ARCOM Conference, Cardiff University
McCabe, S. and Birch, T. (2008), 鈥楥oping with expansion in workload but preparing for change 鈥 an exploration of the contemporary state of human resource management (HRM) in construction in the West Midlands鈥 In proceedings of Construction and Building Research (COBRA) Conference, in collaboration with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), held at Dublin Institute of Technology
Chan, P W and McCabe, S (2010) Emerging disparities: exploring the impacts of the financial crisis on the UK construction labour market. In: Egbu, C (Ed.), 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, Leeds. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Vol. 1, 523-32
McCabe, S. and Edger. C. (2010), Development Paper of an evaluative study of 鈥渕ulti-unit managers鈥, presented at the British Academy of Management (BAM), University of Sheffield
McCabe, S., Boyd, D. and Powell, J. (2010), 鈥楽trategy in construction 鈥 a practice-based examination of technological evolution and market orientation a the house builder鈥, In proceedings of Construction and Building Research (COBRA) Conference, in collaboration with Dauphine Universit茅 Paris, France
Media Work
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Dr Steve McCabe is one of the University鈥檚 dedicated team of trained media champions, and can comment on a range of subjects including:
- Manufacturing
- Construction
- Business
To arrange a media interview, please contact 探花直播 Press Office on 0121 331 6738, email听press@bcu.ac.uk听or via Twitter听