Assessment On Practices Of Stakeholder Management In The Ethiopian Constuction Sector
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2020-01
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The aim of this study is to develop an understanding of the theoretical basis and practical
implementation of stakeholder management in the construction industry and to evaluate the
awareness of stakeholder management amongst project managers in the construction industry
in Ethiopia. Consequently, the focus of this study is the evaluation of stakeholder management
practices and approaches practiced by project managers and assessment of the impact of
stakeholder management on project success in the selected construction organizations that are
recently functioning in Ethiopia. The research findings which have been summarized and presented
in this study were carried out based on four local construction companies namely Rama
Construction, MH Engineering, Bereket Tesfaye Consulting Architects & Engineers and Transport
program Management Office (TPMO). For the reason that the prime purpose of the study is to
investigate the stakeholder management experience of the designated institutions as practiced in
their respective projects, this study has made use of descriptive method of research design. In the
meantime, mixed research approach has been adopted to carry out the study. The target
populations of this study are the project managers and resident engineers in the selected
organizations who are working in Addis Ababa. Because the target population is smaller in number,
it is a census study. Since the study mainly focused on those individuals who had experience with
project stakeholder management, a non-probability purposive sampling technique was adopted. The
findings of this project highlight the importance of stakeholder management in construction
projects. The results of the survey show that most respondents advocate that effective stakeholder
management is a critical factor in the achievement of both hard and soft project success
criteria. The outcomes of the survey of project managers in the construction industry in Ethiopia,
particularly in the selected four companies, considered the majority of analysis and engagement
methods as effective. The particular method adopted is often dependent on the characteristics
of the project and stakeholders. But as seen from the results, almost half of the respondents did
not document the stakeholder information in Stakeholder Register nor use stakeholder management
software. The results suggest construction project managers in Ethiopia lack the implementation
to undertake stakeholder management processes in accordance with a standardized
methodology. According to the result, most Project managers in the Ethiopian construction sector
are aware of stakeholder management and its significance to project success but their position on
project stakeholder management (PSM) is very wavering and unreliable. In addition to this, project
stakeholder management efforts are not being supported by the allocation of adequate funds and
other non-financial assistances. Finally, the new knowledge of stakeholders’ influence strategies and
better understanding of how construction projects can deal with stakeholder influences supports
project managers in the development of effective project stakeholder management approaches.
:
Description
Keywords
Project Stakeholders, Project Stakeholders Management, Project Success