Effect of Conflict Management on Projects Success: The Case of Ethiopian Highway Construction Projects
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2021-06-09
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This paper is prepared with the aim of addressing the impact of conflict
management on the success of construction projects, with particular focus given to
highway projects of Ethiopia. Conflicts arise on a regular basis in our daily lives.
Conflict in project management is inevitable. Construction projects have a high
risk of conflict because they include people with various backgrounds and
orientations working together to accomplish a complex mission. Differences in
beliefs, attitudes, needs, priorities, perceptions, resources, and personalities can
lead to conflict in project teams. Conflict resolution is a key issue to manage when
dealing with diverse stakeholders. By analyzing in depth the most relevant and
implicit aspects of conflict, this study focuses on examining how the five main
strategies of - avoid, confront, collaborate, compromise and cooperate, in solving
common disagreements are adopted by considering different conflict sources. The
general consensus that conflict has negative impact on projects success would be
assessed in relation to the different causes, cultural implications and the common
approaches of conflict resolutions used in construction projects within our country,
Ethiopia. To this cause, both primary and secondary data collections sources
would be used in order to get a better understanding of the same. Different project
stakeholder inputs would be statistically analyzed to see the impact conflicts have
in determination of highway construction projects success.
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cultural implications, general consensus, cultural implications, management is inevitable