Oversight/ Governance Of Project Management

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION1

Research Background1

Problem Statement4

Purpose of the study5

Rationale5

Significance of the study6

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW8

Introduction8

Project Manager12

Project management standards14

Leadership and Project Management in the Construction Industry19

Role of Project Manager20

Risk Management as Part of Project Management21

Construction Productivity Improvement31

Productivity Factors34

Summary36

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY38

Research Design38

Justification of Research Methodologies39

Case Study of Smithsonian building40

Project Uniqueness43

Technology44

Safety45

Human Factors46

Experience, Skill and Training47

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS48

CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSIONS54

REFERENCES57

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Research Background

Governance has flourished in the era of the early 90s. It falls within the ideas generated by globalization: deregulation, flexibility, transparency and accountability. It reflects an evolution of regulation towards more flexible and diffuse based on cooperation and partnership between the parties stakeholders. Governance applies to a multicultural, harmonious, and transparent, according to the speech that accompanies it, has the capacity to administer the company in compliance and the development of diversity. However, considering the heterogeneity of political, legal and societal among the nations, we can wonder about the mechanism to manage this diversity. How she manages governance while integrating the respects, the various contexts in which it operates.

Associations are increasingly politically, economically and socially. The extent of public and private funds they receive requires them to make accounts on the proper use of their resources. They must show good governance, demonstrate the efficiency of the organization, the quality of its management. To achieve this, they are increasingly called upon to use the practices in the market sector. Project funding has grown considerably in the non-profit associations must integrate project management into their practices ...