project contract management practice: the case of heineken breweries share company kilinto phase ii project
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2018-06-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study is to describe project contract management practice in HBSC Kilinto phase II Project. To address the objectives of this study a descriptive research design was employed as well both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used. Both primary and secondary source of data were employed i.e semi structured-interview and close ended questioner as a primary data and different document analysis were done as a source of secondary data. All employees of HBSC Project team were incorporated in this project work. In which data was gathered by distributing questionnaires to 39 respondents, where 38 were filled in and collected and the remaining 1 is missed, an interview was conducted with the project manager and installation site manager. The data obtained through questionnaire has been analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics: frequency and percentage through SPSS version 24 software. Moreover, the data obtained using interviews has been analyzed qualitatively. The project work focused within project contract management practice of HBSC Kilinto II Project by addressing the process namely: contract terms and conditions, contract monitoring, contract documentation and contract controlling and closing. According to the findings of project work, there is standard templates, procedures and policies for the project. On the other side project team lack training in regard to contract management, lack of proper documentation, significant delay, poor implementation of terms and conditions, lack of regular monitoring of contracts and also controlling and closing have been found as the areas that needs improvement. Thus, a recommendation has been made under this study on what actions should be taken in order to improve project contract management practice for current and future projects of Heineken Brewers Share Company.
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improve project contract, describe project contract, project work focused