Assessment of Project Communication Management on Construction Projects: A Case of Private Real Estate in Ethiopia.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Asrat, Bahran (PhD.) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Manaye, Mezgeb | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-15T05:11:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T14:27:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-15T05:11:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T14:27:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-03-23 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Communication plays a significant role in construction project in integrating employees and help to make an effective decision to control project process and success. The aims of this research are to explore the practice of project communication management, construction project communication barrier, reporting and feedback systems and communication techniques and channel used in construction industry specifically in Real Estate project in Ethiopia. Due to the nature of the issues addressed in the study, the mixed-methods approach was employed. Questionnaires and semi-structured Interview are primary data collection instruments which were distributed to the project manager, office engineers, site engineers and foremen that works on three private Real Estate project in Ethiopia. The questionnaires were distributed for 50 respondents and its return rate was 94%.The qualitative data were collected from 6 professional worker in the three selected private Real Estate project in Ethiopia. Descriptive statistical models were employed to analyze the data to be gathered from respondents. The researcher observed that, Project communication management in Real Estate project in Ethiopia is practiced, but it needs major improvement and Professional workers including project manager understands project communication management is vital to the success of project. The study also discovered that, Poor and distorted information, inexperience interpretation of working drawings, late dissemination of information and poor means of communication are the major causes of project delay, increase in cost, and failure in Real Estate project in Ethiopia. In construction industry project communication, proper management of the communication in the project, and escaping project communication barrier are the basic pivotal for the success of the project. Finally, how to use effective project communication management to overcome project delay, improving the use of high-tech technologies in project communication management and techniques to overcome communication barrier in construction projects are the recommendation of the study. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/30052 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | project communications management | en_US |
| dc.subject | project communication | en_US |
| dc.subject | communication | en_US |
| dc.subject | communication barrier | en_US |
| dc.subject | Real Estate | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Project Communication Management on Construction Projects: A Case of Private Real Estate in Ethiopia. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |