The Role of Stakeholder Management in Enhancing Project Success: a Case Study on Ethiopian Construction Works Corporation

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2023-06

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Addis Ababa University

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The study aimed to assess the role of stakeholder management in enhancing project success: a case study on Ethiopian construction works corporation. Specifically, the study aimed to establish the effect of identify stakeholder, plan stakeholder engagement, stakeholder analysis, stakeholder communication and monitor stakeholder engagement on in enhancing project success in road construction projects constructed by ECWC. This study adopted descriptive research design that enables collection of data to answer the research questions. The study adopted a survey questionnaire design with a target sample of 83 that include division managers, project managers, team leader’s, site engineers, office engineers and other related staffs who are involved in the projects. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS version 24 where relationships between the variables were assessed using correlation and regression analysis. The study found out that there was a positive and significant relationship between identify stakeholder, plan stakeholder engagement, stakeholder analysis, stakeholder communication and monitor stakeholder engagements and in enhancing project success in road construction projects of ECWC. Based on the findings, the study concluded that identify stakeholder, plan stakeholder engagement, stakeholder analysis, stakeholder communication and monitor stakeholder engagement have a positive and significant effect on enhancing project success in road construction projects constructed by ECWC. Based on the finding the study recommends ECWC to train its professional in identifying stakeholders at early stages of the project in considering proper identification of stakeholder in enhancing project success and also recommends ECWC to deploy proper mechanism in properly planning stakeholder engagement to fill the observed gap in the study. Lastly the study recommends, there should be a periodic meeting, training's, seminar and workshops on stakeholder management to increase level of awareness in the stakeholder’s community aiming to bring all the stakeholders in to common platform and fill the observed gap in identification of stakeholder and planning stakeholder engagement

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