A comparative study of project management practices in local and foreign construction companies in Ghana
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2021-06-24
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Abstract
The effective practice of project management leads to a successful project closure. The
management processes involves initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling of
the project. However, most organizations undertake projects without necessarily adhering to
these standard project management practices leading to the failure of most projects. The local
construction companies face many challenges than the foreign construction companies in teams
of project failure in Ghana. The purpose of this study is to investigate the level at which project
management practices are adopter in the implementation of projects in Kumasi Municipality,
Ashanti Region. It is also to investigate the success rate of projects undertaken by the local and
foreign construction companies and find out the causes of project failure. The method used to
carry out this research is solicitation of information from the Engineers and Managers who
supervise construction projects. Data gathered was analyzed using descriptive approach
including; mean and standard deviation by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
and was ranked according to it level of importance. The major findings of this research indicate
that Project Management process group were adopted in implementation of construction
projects however, the local construction companies lack project management department but
have a personal in charge as a Project Manager who oversee all aspect in managing a project
and this affect implementation of project management practices. On the other hand, foreign
construction companies have project management department with various section that help in
implementing project management practices. It was highly recommended that local
construction companies should have project management department and this would ensure
good standard practices are follow to the letter for a high success rate of projects
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of
Arts Built Environment in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the Degree of Masters of Science.
Keywords
Comparative, Project Management Practice, Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling