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Strategy implementation obstacles encountered by Malaysian engineering contractors

Strategy implementation is one of the three fundamental components of the strategic management, besides strategy formulation and strategy evaluation and control. Strategy implementation is considered as most difficult because it affects the organizational culture, structure, resources and in fact...

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Main Authors: Zakaria, Mustafa, Dahalan, Hishamuddin, Ahmad, Norizan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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TH Building construction
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/15992/1/P47.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.159922016-04-18T08:36:54Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/15992/ Strategy implementation obstacles encountered by Malaysian engineering contractors Zakaria, Mustafa Dahalan, Hishamuddin Ahmad, Norizan TH Building construction Strategy implementation is one of the three fundamental components of the strategic management, besides strategy formulation and strategy evaluation and control. Strategy implementation is considered as most difficult because it affects the organizational culture, structure, resources and in fact the whole texture of an organization.Much of the studies on implementation indicate that the success rate of strategy implementation seems to be low. Despite, a review of the strategic management literature indicate that not much research emphasis given on the implementation side of strategy in Malaysia.This paper presents an attempt to examine strategy implementation among contractors registered with the Malaysian Department of Irrigation.More specifically this paper investigated the strategy implementation obstacles faced by the contractors. The population in this study consisted of personnel who had experience in handling problem projects of the Malaysian Irrigation Department. Structured interview and mail questionnaire were used to obtain data for the study.In this study the obstacles are broken down into eight dimensions which are purchasing, construction facility, human resource, finance, operations, management information system, sales, and environment. The three most challenging obstacles are those pertaining to the environment, management information systems, and human resource. 2014-08-18 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/15992/1/P47.pdf Zakaria, Mustafa and Dahalan, Hishamuddin and Ahmad, Norizan (2014) Strategy implementation obstacles encountered by Malaysian engineering contractors. In: 4th International Conference on Technology and Operations Management (ICTOM04), 18-19 August 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://stmlportal.net/ictom04/TOC.html
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic TH Building construction
spellingShingle TH Building construction
Zakaria, Mustafa
Dahalan, Hishamuddin
Ahmad, Norizan
Strategy implementation obstacles encountered by Malaysian engineering contractors
description Strategy implementation is one of the three fundamental components of the strategic management, besides strategy formulation and strategy evaluation and control. Strategy implementation is considered as most difficult because it affects the organizational culture, structure, resources and in fact the whole texture of an organization.Much of the studies on implementation indicate that the success rate of strategy implementation seems to be low. Despite, a review of the strategic management literature indicate that not much research emphasis given on the implementation side of strategy in Malaysia.This paper presents an attempt to examine strategy implementation among contractors registered with the Malaysian Department of Irrigation.More specifically this paper investigated the strategy implementation obstacles faced by the contractors. The population in this study consisted of personnel who had experience in handling problem projects of the Malaysian Irrigation Department. Structured interview and mail questionnaire were used to obtain data for the study.In this study the obstacles are broken down into eight dimensions which are purchasing, construction facility, human resource, finance, operations, management information system, sales, and environment. The three most challenging obstacles are those pertaining to the environment, management information systems, and human resource.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zakaria, Mustafa
Dahalan, Hishamuddin
Ahmad, Norizan
author_facet Zakaria, Mustafa
Dahalan, Hishamuddin
Ahmad, Norizan
author_sort Zakaria, Mustafa
title Strategy implementation obstacles encountered by Malaysian engineering contractors
title_short Strategy implementation obstacles encountered by Malaysian engineering contractors
title_full Strategy implementation obstacles encountered by Malaysian engineering contractors
title_fullStr Strategy implementation obstacles encountered by Malaysian engineering contractors
title_full_unstemmed Strategy implementation obstacles encountered by Malaysian engineering contractors
title_sort strategy implementation obstacles encountered by malaysian engineering contractors
publishDate 2014
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/15992/1/P47.pdf
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http://stmlportal.net/ictom04/TOC.html
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