Assessment Of Conflict Management Among Micro And Small Scale Construction Enterprise: A Case Study Of Buno Bedele Zone, South Western Ethiopia

Abstract

In Ethiopia, micro and small scale construction enterprises in construction of building, bridge and road project were prioritizing as important means of economic development, job creation, income generation and equity distribution as indispensable poverty reduction. Conflict raised due to different factors in micro and small scale construction enterprises. The main objective of this study is to Assessing conflict management in micro and small scale construction enterprise. To do so secondary data was collected from literatures, government authorities (construction Authority and Micro and small scale enterprises sectors) and primary data collected using questionnaire. As a result, the study was analyzed by using SPSS software, Microsoft word and MS excel. The study discovered that improving knowledge was taken as a major criteria of choosing working in a team in Buno Bedele Zone.1, 9(42.9%), of the respondents have level 9 contractor license, 10(47.6%) have level 8 contractor license and other two group have the license of consultancy up to G+1 building structures permission of work. 3 (14.3%), of respondents said that “MSSE perform their work as a required quality in a given duration at all”. In the other hand, 18(85.7%) of the responds said that “MSSE do not perform their work as a required quality in a given duration at all”. This clearly shows that there were obstacles that disabled the performance of MSSE in construction of building, road and bridge and a given project did not performed with the required quality in a given duration at all.Lack of chain formation with supply is a major cause of conflict in MSSE found on the construction project and Individual loss is the major impact of conflict among micro and small scale construction enterprises.20 (95.2%), of the respondents said that “Collaborating style is the most important technique used to solve the conflict in MSSE in Construction Enterprises. From the idea of the respondents, construction and MSSE sectors found on medium level by performing the principles that enhance the construction activities to reduce or minimize the conflict raised in MSSE members in Buno Bedele Zone. The assessment was done by taking MSSE members and client of the project satisfaction as a parameter in a given time, cost and quality point of view by minimizing conflict created among them. Therefore, the study recommends the construction and MSSE sectors to review the main causes of the conflicts and block them for the future in order to create a good interest of team work without conflict.