EFFECTS OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ON PROJECTS SCHEDULES

EFFECTS OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ON PROJECTS SCHEDULES

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

These days construction projects have increased due to high demand of infrastructure development. The fast-changing environments of the present days impose financial, legal, ethical, environmental and logistical constraints [14]. Construction activities constitutes an important component of global economy. They interact in several ways such as technically, economically and socially within the environment as well as with other organization, structures and systems. Even though construction projects adopt many resources, they have difficulties, risks involved in it and each work is labour intensive [11]. There has been lack of attention given to the resource management. Construction projects contain numerous inter-dependent and interrelated activities. These companies face the challenge of finishing the work within scheduled time and within the budget. It requires various resources and needs time for its completion. The main factor in successful implementation of the project not only depends on the quality and quantity of work, but also largely depends on utilisation of resources. Resource management is really a difficult task due to the resource driven nature of construction projects. It is carried out to plan the resources prior to the start of the work. A resource maybe manpower, material, money, equipment, time or space in a construction work. Each activity in construction is allocated with specific resources. The time and cost are directly dependent on the availability of resources [12]. The time required to perform an activity is determined with the resource’s productivity and the quantity of the work for an activity. The contractor is mainly responsible to identify the interdependencies of various resources combination to perform a activity.

The scope of resource management as,

· The scope of resource management is concerned with personnel aspects such as manpower planning, selection, promotion, training, incentives, labour productivity etc.

· It is also concerned with welfare aspects in dealing with working conditions by providing accommodations, amenities, safety, medical assistance facilities.

· It also enhances the industrial relations among workers with managers, joint consultation, settling disputes, etc.

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

A limitation of this study is the use of survey research. There may be surveys returned that were not filled out truthfully or with responses that do not reflect true intentions. The results will not be generalizable beyond the population or sample used.