Hassan, P F; Griffith, A and Stephenson, P (2005) An empirical study of the training needs of site managers within the uk construction industry. In: Khosrowshahi, F (ed.) Proceedings of 21st Annual ARCOM Conference, 7-9 September 2005, London, UK.
Abstract
Inadequacies during the process of determining the training needs of site managers have been cited as one of the reasons for the small number of trained site managers. As training needs analysis (TNA) identifies the performance or competency 'gap' when designing training, such inadequacies imply that an improved TNA is necessary to determine precisely the training needs of site managers.This paper presents the findings of an on-going research study which in part investigates this. Underpinning this investigation is the premise that the training of site managers must consider the varied background of site managers, the context of the organisation and project setting within which the site managers perform.The emergent findings suggest that although there are some 'weak' relationships between a numbers of variables investigated, in the main, the training needs of site mangers are generally common across site managers, construction organisations and projects. However, there are some significant differences in the perception of the importance of training needs between site managers, training/course providers and senior project/construction managers.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | training; training best practice; training needs analysis; site managers; roles and tasks of site managers; site managers' training needs |
| Index terms: | empirical study, best practice, site manager, construction manager, investigation, construction industry, construction organization, training need |
| Subjects: | educational resources, research methods, industry analysis, practitioner, profession, data collection methods, organization, business |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Education |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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