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An improved project management competency for interior design practice / Nur Maizura Ahmad Noorhani

The competencies of interior designers managing construction projects, particularly in project management have frequently been questioned. Central to this argument is the claim that the interior designer competencies, which was developed through education and practice tend to be very biased on desig...

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Main Author: Ahmad Noorhani, Nur Maizura
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2017
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Malaysia
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spelling my.uitm.ir.197982018-06-08T01:05:21Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19798/ An improved project management competency for interior design practice / Nur Maizura Ahmad Noorhani Ahmad Noorhani, Nur Maizura Malaysia The competencies of interior designers managing construction projects, particularly in project management have frequently been questioned. Central to this argument is the claim that the interior designer competencies, which was developed through education and practice tend to be very biased on design skills and knowledge at the expanse of project management. To date, there has been little research to justify the validity of the argument. In seeking to address this argument, this research was undertaken to establish to what extent is project management neglected in the academic and practice of interior design, and if so, where are the gaps. A mixed method research method was employed for the research. A quantitative research method with seventy-eight respondents was first adopted to establish the validity and extent to which project management was lacking in interior design practice. This was followed with a qualitative research method to identify precisely where the gap in project management education and interior design practice exists. To identify the gaps, fourteen key respondents were selected for interviews during the data collection. This was triangulated with content analysis method, which critically analyses the interior design syllabus offered by four leading local higher institutions. Activities undertaken by the interior design professional associations were also analysed… Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2017 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19798/1/ABS_NUR%20MAIZURA%20AHMAD%20NOORHANI%20TDRA%20VOL%2011%20IGS%2017.pdf Ahmad Noorhani, Nur Maizura (2017) An improved project management competency for interior design practice / Nur Maizura Ahmad Noorhani. In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IGS Biannual Publication, 11 (11). Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam.
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Ahmad Noorhani, Nur Maizura
An improved project management competency for interior design practice / Nur Maizura Ahmad Noorhani
description The competencies of interior designers managing construction projects, particularly in project management have frequently been questioned. Central to this argument is the claim that the interior designer competencies, which was developed through education and practice tend to be very biased on design skills and knowledge at the expanse of project management. To date, there has been little research to justify the validity of the argument. In seeking to address this argument, this research was undertaken to establish to what extent is project management neglected in the academic and practice of interior design, and if so, where are the gaps. A mixed method research method was employed for the research. A quantitative research method with seventy-eight respondents was first adopted to establish the validity and extent to which project management was lacking in interior design practice. This was followed with a qualitative research method to identify precisely where the gap in project management education and interior design practice exists. To identify the gaps, fourteen key respondents were selected for interviews during the data collection. This was triangulated with content analysis method, which critically analyses the interior design syllabus offered by four leading local higher institutions. Activities undertaken by the interior design professional associations were also analysed…
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