Influence of organisational culture on performance of construction managers
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2021-06-22
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Abstract
The personality of an individual is important as well as the culture of an organisation.
Understanding the culture of an organisation is a first step to self-discovery by
acknowledging its weakness and strength. Studies have suggested that, awareness of
culture is an opportunity towards improving the effectiveness of the organisation.
Performance of construction managers and the technical know-how assist in duty
performed and results achieved. The aim of the study is to establish the contribution of
organisational culture to the performance of construction managers. In a bid to achieve
the stated aim the following objectives were set; to determine critical construction
culture variables, to determine key indicators of construction manager’s performance
and to determine contribution of organisational culture to construction manager’s
performance. An extensive literature review was conducted through desk survey. The
study employed quantitative approach and questionnaire survey as data collection
instrument. The study achieved a respond rate of 77.69% of the sample size of 130
respondent and adopted descriptive statistics and mean score ranking to strategically
analysed the data retrieved. The major findings of the study were the results achieved
by construction firms that understood organizational culture and practiced same and
training of employees to achieve organizations goal and competitiveness. The study
recommends that management needs to make employees see the significance's of
organizational culture with respect with the organizations mission, vision and purpose
and Construction organizations like Ghana Institute of Contractors (GIOC), should
organize more workshop for its members on importance of cultures at work place and
its influence on company’s image and the standard of work delivery
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management,Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award Degree of Master of Science in Construction Management.
Keywords
Influence,, Organisation, Culture,, Construction Manager,, Performance