Towards developing competency-based measures for project managers in mass house building projects in developing countries

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-102

  Ahadzie, Divine Kwaku ^a   Proverbs, David G ^b   Olomolaiye, Paul O ^b   Ankrah, N ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency based measures; Developing countries; Ghana; Mass house building projects; Project managers

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHIES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CURRICULA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSES; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MODEL BUILDINGS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TAXONOMIES;

BEST PRACTICES; CAREER DEVELOPMENT; COMPETENCY-BASED MEASURES; CONCEPTUAL MODELS; CONSTRUCTION PHASE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; GHANA; HUMAN RESOURCES; MASS HOUSE BUILDING PROJECTS; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT LIFE CYCLES; PROJECT MANAGERS; REAL ESTATES; RECRUITMENT AND SELECTIONS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SUCCESSION PLANNING;

MANAGERS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN RESOURCE;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 61649106754     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802621028     Document Type: Article

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