Stakeholder impact on infrastructure project management in the Ghanaian construction industry: A study of the perception of construction managers in construction firms
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2021-06-23
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Abstract
To achieve project success, proper management procedures and skills are required. This issue
becomes of much concern when the project is large and complex. One aspect of the
management of project is the management of people who have interest in the project being
executed. These group of people, also called stakeholders have the potential to influence the
outcome of a particular project. This research study therefore sought to find the impact of
stakeholders on infrastructure project management from the perspective of construction
managers in the Ghanaian construction industry. In other to achieve this aim, two objectives
were set; examine the key factors that influence stakeholder’s decision on construction
projects and also to examine stakeholder impact on infrastructure project management. On
this basis, critical review of literature was carried out which led to the identification of key
factors that influence stakeholders’ decision and also their impact on construction projects.
Questionnaires were administered to construction managers who work with D1K1 and D2K2
contractors. Data collected from the survey was analysed using descriptive statistics. The
findings from the research show that the decision on the influence of stakeholders on
infrastructure project is mostly influence by their power, knowledge of the stakeholders and
the stakeholders interest in the project. In addition, it was also discovered that politicians in
the municipality and planning officials have greater impact as stakeholders on infrastructure
project. The media and the environmentalist were discovered to have the least influence on
infrastructure projects in Ghana. The research therefore recommended that assessment of
stakeholders should be given high priority right from project inception and estimators should
make financial provisions for that. The study also recommended that other research work be
done on stakeholders from the perspective of designers, estimators and trade foremen
Description
A dissertation submitted to the Department of Building Technology, College of Arts
and Build an Environment in partial fulfillment of the requirement for a Degree of
Master of Science in Project Management
Keywords
Stakeholder, Management, Factors, Perception