Perceptions of Construction Professionals Concerning Important Skills of Effective Project Leaders

Odusami, K. T.

doi:10.1061/(asce)0742-597x(2002)18:2(61)

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“…[14] stressed the important of skills possessed by the proposed project manager in order to handle contingency fund and the entire project effectively. These skills required in managing contingency include communication, leadership, motivation, problem solving and negotiation.…”

Section: Challenges Associated With the Management Of Contingency Funmentioning

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Evaluation of the Adequacy and Utilization of Contingency Fund in Building Projects in Nigeria

Akinradewo¹,

Awodele²

2016

OALib

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Contingency fund is allowed in the cost estimate to cater for risks which always lead to additional cost. The study used archival data to assess the accuracy of contingency sum and utilization among various types of claims. Data collected were analysed using percentile and Pearson's coefficient of correlation. The study reveals that the current allowance as contingency is 5% of the base line estimates while additional cost is 18% which implies a shortfall of 13%. Furthermore, the study shows that the relationship among contingencies, base line estimates and final cost is statistically significant at 0.01. The study concludes that using percentage in allocating contingency based on subjective approach or at the discretion of the consultants is grossly inadequate. The study recommends that allocation of contingency sum should be based on cost analysis of similar completed projects and that a realistic contingency sum should be about 20% of the base line estimate.

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Section: Challenges Associated With the Management Of Contingency Funmentioning

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Evaluation of the Adequacy and Utilization of Contingency Fund in Building Projects in Nigeria

Akinradewo¹,

Awodele²

2016

OALib

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“…Indonesian government debt has fallen by 70 percent in just a decade and is now at a level lower than in 85 percent of developed economies. Inflation, which was over 20 percent 10 years ago, now stands at 8 Volume of production for the annual construction sector activity ranged from 7 to 8% in 2011 and projected at 8.5 to 9.5% in year 2015 [1]. This indicates that the activities of the construction sector is very excited, as excited as production activities related to basic human needs such as food and beverages.…”

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“…Skills can be defined as the ability to perform the task well or better than average. Skills can also be described as the ability to translate knowledge into action [8]. There are many kind of mandor with different kind of job.…”

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Mandor, for Solving Competitive Construction Business in Indonesia

Rahardjo¹,

Bermawi²

2014

IJET

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Abstract-In the construction industry in Indonesia, building contractors are very much depend on mandor. The mandor is a person who also has capability to hire people to work together for a certain time, certain location and certain purpose at construction project. Mandor is not quite the same as foreman. In line with construction activities growth in urban area, demand for qualified building contractor is necessity. Building contractor is a company which has a contract to develop a building construction. Collaboration of best contractor and best mandor is the answer. The question is how to make the best mandor and best contractor.

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“…It can also be described as the ability to coordinate and integrate all the activities and interests of the organization towards a common objective. Since Katz's proposition of the three-skill concept, many authors have expanded these basic skills further to add more (Odusami, 2002). Robert and Goodwin (1993) categorized skills same as Katz approach but they added negotiating skills to these three skills categorization.…”

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“…When previous studies are investigated, it is found out that project managers skills have been categorized different from each other. Katz (1974) (also cited in Odusami, 2002) proposed a three skill approach to understand the skills of an effective administrator. These are:…”

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Using Case Study Method in Project Management Education as a Tool for Improvement of Project Manager’s Skills

Erbaş¹

2016

Eur. j. soc. sci. educ. res.

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Perceptions of Construction Professionals Concerning Important Skills of Effective Project Leaders

Cited by 124 publications

References 8 publications

Evaluation of the Adequacy and Utilization of Contingency Fund in Building Projects in Nigeria

Evaluation of the Adequacy and Utilization of Contingency Fund in Building Projects in Nigeria

Mandor, for Solving Competitive Construction Business in Indonesia

Using Case Study Method in Project Management Education as a Tool for Improvement of Project Manager’s Skills

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