An Assessment Of Project Managers’ Competency In Teklebrhan Ambaye Construction Plc
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2017-06-25
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this research is to assess the competency of project managers in Tekleberhan Ambaye Construction. This study was conducted on Tekleberhan Ambaye Construction selected Addis Ababa sites. The research purposefully takes the whole population which only found in projects in Addis Ababa. Both primary and secondary data are collected to achieve the intended research objectives. Data collected using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Specifically questioners, semi-structured interviews to key informants and document analysis were employed as instruments of data collection. The respondents were all project managers and site engineers which have the capability to manage a project. Questionnaires were distributed to all project sites for 12 employees. The data were analyzed using SPSS and interpreted in percentage. The findings of this study revealed that: all project managers have a good competency skills and have the knowledge about what is the company expect from them. Also the organizations give different types of training for the development of human and technical skills. The research findings shows that there is no time centered training for its employees, no induction training for new employees as well as the company mostly focused on the technical skill trainings. The findings also support among different types of project competency aspects and under their roles the employees have a good competency skill and have great knowledge about it
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project manager’s competency, technical skill, human skill