Competencies required of project managers at the design phase of mass house building projects

Ahadzie, Divine Kwaku; Proverbs, David; Sarkodie-Poku, Isaac

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.10.015

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“…A more 'meaningful' relationship to researchers is needed to do this. Adhazie et al (Ahadzie, Proverbs, & Sarkodie-Poku, 2014) highlight the competencies of project managers 'at the design phase of mass building projects.' They do this, in part, by referencing Malmquits and Glauman (2009) who argue that, as the building sector contributes to the challenge of climate change, a more 'holistic approach' for communicating design-related information to actors is needed.…”

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Sometimes it’s important to simply say the words … as it is in the beginning of wisdom that is the definition of terms. When historians look at the world of project management, what will they say that we have said about climate change? Certainly more general—but absolutely legitimate—terms such as ‘sustainability’ have been used, but in a basic term search in the 3 oldest project management journals, I was surprised to see only a few dozen uses of ‘climate change’ as a specific term. Theconversation started a long time ago using those words, and PMRP would like to encourage more with this commentary on one of the central topics of this journal … climate change.

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“…According to Ahadzie et al [4,14], Zairul and Rahinah [2], and Enshassi [3], mass housing projects exhibit unique features which are seen in their project environment, contractual arrangement, physical, organizational, and operational attributes, design, procurement, construction, and management intuition compared to other project typologies. The definition above seems to encapsulate these unique attributes of MHPs and thus seems appropriately adopted for this study.…”

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“…The definition above seems to encapsulate these unique attributes of MHPs and thus seems appropriately adopted for this study. Studies on mass housing attributes have indicated that MHPs exhibit unique procurement arrangements which underline the organizational attributes that make the management of MHPs require unique skills and management style [2,14]. The organizational features of MHPs are evidenced in its complex network of team relationship, multiple interdependent subcontracting under scheme, and complex network of procurement systems [4,6,15].…”

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“…Synthesizing all the perceptions and assertions on the perceived influence of the procurement features on MHPs team's communication performance (see [2,6,14,15]), it can generally be conceptualized that the extent and nature of the potential influence of the procurement features on the communication effectiveness among the team are an aggregate effect in both information flow and information composition in the communication tasks performed. The uniqueness of this is that previous studies have not evaluated communication outcome in these two dimensions (see [22,23,[25][26][27]).…”

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“…It is thus important for readers to note that this should not nullify the application of the findings in other developing countries with similar cultural and practical characteristics of construction project management practices and construction project delivery. Also, studies such as Ahadzie et al [14], Yi et al [17], and Zairul and Rahinah [2] have revealed multiple construction sites, multiple geographical locations, and repetitive design contract packaging as other unique attributes of MHPs. Here, the findings presented are limited to the influence of only the procurement attributes.…”

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Nature of Communication Ineffectiveness Inherent in the Procurement Systems on Mass Housing Projects

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Fugar

2015

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Mass housing projects (MHPs) are deemed to exhibit unique procurement systems which consequently induce communication ineffectiveness that continues to dominate the challenges among mass housing project teams. However, this acknowledged communication ineffectiveness inherent in the unique procurement system features of mass housing project among the project team remains to be empirically examined. This study seeks to investigate the influence of procurement system (PS) features of MHPs to communication ineffectiveness among the mass housing project team. By adopting a quantitative method design, a structured questionnaire survey on project team leaders managing MHPs in Ghana was used in collecting empirical data. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to explore the communication problems inherent in the PS features of mass housing projects. The results revealed moderate to high effects of communication ineffectiveness in information flow and information composition inherent in the unique PS features of MHPs. The results further revealed misunderstanding, inaccuracies, barriers, and information dissemination challenges as the major communication ineffectiveness induced by the PS features of MHPs. By gaining knowledge and understanding into the communication ineffectiveness associated with these features of MHPs, practitioners are well positioned to plan communication and management strategies to engender success in mass housing delivery.

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2021

SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology

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Competencies required of project managers at the design phase of mass house building projects

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