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https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/457854| Title: | The influence of project manager's skill and age on project success in Egyptian construction industry |
| Authors: | Maryam Mohamed Elmezain (P97573) |
| Supervisor: | Wan Hamidon Wan Badaruzzaman, Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. |
| Keywords: | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia Project management Construction project Skills |
| Issue Date: | 7-Sep-2021 |
| Description: | The success of any project is dependent on many important factors. Researchers have studied the many factors involved and their significance to the project success. Construction companies need to assign a talented project manager to undertake a specific construction project. The factors affecting the project success or failure may vary from one country the another. Hence, this thesis will focus on the impact of project manager’s skills and age on project success in Egypt. This study intends to achieve three objectives: 1) assess project manager’s technical, human, political, and technical skills; and project success using relative importance index (RII), 2) examine the impact of project manager’s conceptual, human, political and technical skills on project success, and 3) assess the association between project manager’s age and project success. This research employed a quantitative method using survey questionnaires to collect data from 400 project managers working in five well-known construction companies in Cairo, Egypt. Descriptive statistics using the Relative Importance Index (RII) were employed to rank the dimensions of project manager’s skills: conceptual, technical, human and political skills; and project success dimensions: cost, schedule and quality. Multiple regression analysis was used to identify the impact of project managers’ skills on project success and to examine the impact of manager’s age using for age groups on project success. In contrast, simple linear regression was used to examine the relationship between the project manager’s age and project success. The results of RII revealed that project managers maintain a distinctive level of technical, conceptual, political and human skills. Besides, the results of the RII for project success showed that Egyptian construction project managers emphasise specific aspects of cost, schedule, and quality dimensions. The regression model achieved a high degree of fit at a P value of 0.05 and revealed that 49.2% of the explained variation in project success could be accounted for technical, political, human and conceptual skills at the coefficient of determination values of 0.611, 0.506, 0.431 and 0.407 respectively and value of 24.784. Further, the multiple regression analysis revealed no significant relationship between the project manager’s age and project success at an alpha level of 0.001. Overall, regression analysis showed that technical, human, political and conceptual skills significantly impacted project success while the project manager’s age did not affect project success. The current study revealed that it is essential to ensure that project managers possess technical, conceptual, human and political skills to achieve project success. Further, construction companies should not consider project manager age as a significant determinant for project success.,Master of Science |
| Pages: | 113 |
| Publisher: | UKM, Bangi |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment / Fakulti Kejuruteraan dan Alam Bina |
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