Study on factors affecting effectiveness of human resource planning and management system in public building construction projects in Adama town

Abstract

Construction industry is a major player in economy of any countries by generating employment and wealth to the nations through its forward and backward linkages with other sectors. However many projects in developing countries experienced extremely high cost overrun, time slippage and low quality. There are so many different factors that result in such a problems in building construction project but human resource planning and management (HRPM) systems are one of the most problems overall the performance of any construction projects. Since project effectiveness in developing country like Ethiopia is highly dependent on HRPM systems. The objective of this study is to identify the factors affecting effectiveness of HRPM systems, analyze and rank the most significant factors and significant of impacts of these factors affecting effectiveness of HRPM systems in public building construction projects in Adama town. To achieve this objectives data collection was carried out through the review of literatures and informal discussion with colleagues and professionals in the sector. Based on the literature review and informal discussion the study was identified 52 possible factors affecting effectiveness of HRPM systems was used for this study. After those factors were identified a questionnaire was designed by categorizing each factor under seven groups namely 14 factors under management related factors, 5 under Sub-Contractors related factors, 10 under Labor related factors, 7 under worker motivation related factors, 5 under Machinery Related Factors, 5 under Material Related Factors and 6 External related factors. Then the totals of 33 questionnaires were distributed to 22 public building projects in Adama town. From a total of 33 questionnaires 30 of them were responded correctly. Among 30 respondents 19 of them were from contractor side and 11 of them were from consultant side and data was obtained were analyzed by using RII and SPSS. To accomplish the public building project without problems, the stakeholders especially for contractors and consultants who widely involve HRPM systems should be fulfilling construction resources with using the qualified employees and properly manage with daily supervise in all their activities to enable the project’s successfully completed.