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Status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in Malaysia

Project management tools have been widely used in construction project life cycles to monitor progress, evaluate payments/claims, and manage construction works worldwide. Despite their capability in helping project managers to achieve specific objectives within time, budget, and standards, not every...

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Main Authors: Lee, Chia Kuang, Yiu, Tak Wing, Lim, Wei Xin, Adeleke, A. Q., Toh, Tien Choon
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: KnE Social Sciences 2019
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25871/1/Status%20and%20barriers%20impeding%20utilization%20of%20project%20management.pdf
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spelling my.ump.umpir.258712019-11-19T07:27:12Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25871/ Status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in Malaysia Lee, Chia Kuang Yiu, Tak Wing Lim, Wei Xin Adeleke, A. Q. Toh, Tien Choon HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD28 Management. Industrial Management Project management tools have been widely used in construction project life cycles to monitor progress, evaluate payments/claims, and manage construction works worldwide. Despite their capability in helping project managers to achieve specific objectives within time, budget, and standards, not every construction organization in Malaysia would fully utilize these tools due to several challenges. As numerous studies substantiate the importance and of project management tools, lackluster adoption rates have led to productivity problems, project delays, and maturity problems at both project and enterprise levels in the construction industry. This study investigates the level of implementation and addresses the significant barriers that impede the utilization of project management tools. A survey was administered to well-known construction companies in Malaysia. This study revealed that the implementation level was discouragingly low, and the top 5 barriers were: (1) financial considerations, (2) restrictions on human capital, (3) high annual turnover, (4) lack of technology awareness, and (5) organizational culture. These findings suggest that the Malaysian construction industry should: overhaul financial and human resource limitations, increase assistance for users, and boost the partial implementation of basic techniques of project management to the maximum extent possible. The practitioners can understand the dynamics and causes of predicaments to the full implementation of project management tools in their respective companies. As for academicians, these findings help theoretical development and literature arguments on our current construction industry as a whole and optimistically help finds ways to make the Malaysian construction industry more efficient. KnE Social Sciences 2019-08-18 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25871/1/Status%20and%20barriers%20impeding%20utilization%20of%20project%20management.pdf Lee, Chia Kuang and Yiu, Tak Wing and Lim, Wei Xin and Adeleke, A. Q. and Toh, Tien Choon (2019) Status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in Malaysia. In: KnE Social Sciences: FGIC 2nd Conference on Governance and Integrity 2019, 19-20 August 2019 , Yayasan Pahang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. pp. 289-312., 2019. ISSN 2518-668X https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v3i22.5057
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Lee, Chia Kuang
Yiu, Tak Wing
Lim, Wei Xin
Adeleke, A. Q.
Toh, Tien Choon
Status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in Malaysia
description Project management tools have been widely used in construction project life cycles to monitor progress, evaluate payments/claims, and manage construction works worldwide. Despite their capability in helping project managers to achieve specific objectives within time, budget, and standards, not every construction organization in Malaysia would fully utilize these tools due to several challenges. As numerous studies substantiate the importance and of project management tools, lackluster adoption rates have led to productivity problems, project delays, and maturity problems at both project and enterprise levels in the construction industry. This study investigates the level of implementation and addresses the significant barriers that impede the utilization of project management tools. A survey was administered to well-known construction companies in Malaysia. This study revealed that the implementation level was discouragingly low, and the top 5 barriers were: (1) financial considerations, (2) restrictions on human capital, (3) high annual turnover, (4) lack of technology awareness, and (5) organizational culture. These findings suggest that the Malaysian construction industry should: overhaul financial and human resource limitations, increase assistance for users, and boost the partial implementation of basic techniques of project management to the maximum extent possible. The practitioners can understand the dynamics and causes of predicaments to the full implementation of project management tools in their respective companies. As for academicians, these findings help theoretical development and literature arguments on our current construction industry as a whole and optimistically help finds ways to make the Malaysian construction industry more efficient.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Lee, Chia Kuang
Yiu, Tak Wing
Lim, Wei Xin
Adeleke, A. Q.
Toh, Tien Choon
author_facet Lee, Chia Kuang
Yiu, Tak Wing
Lim, Wei Xin
Adeleke, A. Q.
Toh, Tien Choon
author_sort Lee, Chia Kuang
title Status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in Malaysia
title_short Status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in Malaysia
title_full Status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in Malaysia
title_fullStr Status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in Malaysia
title_sort status and barriers impeding utilization of project management tools: epidemic for tripartite construction parties in malaysia
publisher KnE Social Sciences
publishDate 2019
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25871/1/Status%20and%20barriers%20impeding%20utilization%20of%20project%20management.pdf
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