Project managers within the construction industry possibly have a lack of sufficient and
effective management skills. This study aims to find solutions, and to propose a model with
guidelines for creating a profile for effective project management, as well as to determine the
characteristics and skills needed by a project manager. Basic management principles, tasks,
responsibilities and behaviour of the project manager are researched and these results may
form the basis for creating of a probable profile for a construction project manager.
If a profile can be created based on the research, this profile might be used to prepare the
project manager for effective management and the successful completion of projects.
Construction project managers can be measured by means of this profile and adapt where
necessary to meet the requirements. Gaps that are thus identified can be rectified. This
profile can form the basis of model proposing to measure the maturity of the profile for the
construction project manager in construction project management companies. Individuals
will also be able to evaluate themselves and to adapt where necessary.
The research shows regular cooperation between project managers in the construction
industry and other stakeholders, and that poor management by the project manager
contributes to project failure. Although management guidelines exist, it is evident that project
managers do not implement them effectively. This has a possible negative impact on the
projects. It is important that the project manager has some characteristics and skills to
successfully implement management functions. When a construction project is undertaken,
timely identification of tasks and activities, management areas, functions and responsibilities
is important in order for the project manager to be knowledgeable about what is expected.
The areas of management, the functions and responsibilities of the project manager can be
regarded as the task of the project manager, while certain skills and characteristics can
assist the project manager to successfully perform the necessary management tasks. The
profile for a project manager is compiled by identifying the tasks (management areas, functions and responsibilities) and the aids (skills and characteristics) needed for the
successful execution of the task.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ufs/oai:etd.uovs.ac.za:etd-11102011-142013 |
| Date | 10 November 2011 |
| Creators | Archer, Mart-Mari |
| Contributors | Not available |
| Publisher | University of the Free State |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en-uk |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-11102011-142013/restricted/ |
| Rights | unrestricted, I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to University Free State or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. |
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