An empirical study of the training needs of site managers within the UK construction industry

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2005 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 95-104

  Hassan, Padzil F ^a   Griffith, Alan ^a   Stephenson, Paul ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Roles and tasks of site managers; Site managers; Site managers' training needs; Training; Training best practice; Training needs analysis

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; RESEARCH STUDIES; SENIOR PROJECTS; SITE MANAGER; TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 70249148780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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