2014
DOI: 10.5539/emr.v3n2p32
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Managerial Challenges Impacting on a TBM Design: A Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Metro Project

Abstract: This paper explores the managerial challenges and viewpoints relating to the management of a metro design in KSA, raised by a group of design engineering staff. The paper examines the scope, reflections, and attitudes to the project management and which appear to contribute to the efficacy of the design outcomes between a single group of engineering personnel of thirteen (13) design engineers for a metro development in KSA. The paper advances a conceptualisation from the findings of a diverse range of qualitat… Show more

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“…The need to get abreast of the constraints to the delivery of projects cannot, therefore, be overemphasised. Equally, much of the reported research work has come from regions other than the sub-Saharan region and is generally not specifically about SMCs [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Furthermore, such research has generally listed inhibiting factors to performance without exploring the salient issues or general trends that should lead to systemic solutions [31,32].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The need to get abreast of the constraints to the delivery of projects cannot, therefore, be overemphasised. Equally, much of the reported research work has come from regions other than the sub-Saharan region and is generally not specifically about SMCs [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Furthermore, such research has generally listed inhibiting factors to performance without exploring the salient issues or general trends that should lead to systemic solutions [31,32].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A pilot study was carried out with three (3) randomly chosen respondents from the population and excluded from the main interview process (Maxwell, 2013) that endorsed changes to language and the logic of questions to respondents (Kim, 2011) and streamlined the question arrangements (James & James, 2011). Eleven (11) respondents were interviewed, which were conducted in English and took approximately one hour each (Ward, et al, 2015;Sbaraini et al, 2011), audio-recorded with permission (Duranti, 2007) and interviewed using an identical set of prepared open questions (Gray & Wilcox, 1995;James, 2014;Kvale, 1996). These questions were, supplemented using speculative probing questions (Balshem, 1991;Punch, 2014;Meurer, et al, 2007).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…All interviews were recorded digitally after gaining explicit permission (Gill et al, 2008;Duranti, 2007) and were later transcribed verbatim using NVivo 11 (Bailey, 2008). Interviews followed a structured process where each respondent was asked the same set of questions (Gray & Wilcox, 1995;James, 2014) -staggered with modified supplementary questioning (Balshem, 1991;Punch, 2014). To increase the confidence of the data (Curry, Nembhard & Bradley, 2009;Munn et al, 2014), transcriptions were returned to each respondent (Harris & Brown, 2010) for further observations, correction, addition or deletion and consequent return, utilising validated referral (Reeves & Harper, 1981).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%