| Abstract: | The construction industry plays an indispensable role in the Ethiopian economy, and is a
significant contributor to economic growth. However, several challenges have been recognized
as confronting and influencing the performance, development and growth of Ethiopian
construction industry. Construction projects in the Defense Construction Enterprise suffer
from many problems and complex issues in performance such as cost, time and quality. The
objective of the study was to assess the influence of resource management related factors,
stakeholder management related factors, procurement management related factors, and
quality management related factors on project performance in Defense Construction
Enterprise as a case study. The research was primarily based on primary data collected
through a structured questionnaire. To this respect, a total of 89 questionnaires were
distributed to purposively selected employee of defense construction enterprise, which
constituted response rate of (77) or 87% and this was adequate for statistical generalization
of the study findings. The information was displayed by use of charts and tables. The major
resource management related factors that affect the performance of the projects are cash
flow and financial difficulties, price escalation of construction material in the market, material
wastage on projects, breakdown and failure of construction equipment in the enterprise,
changes in material types and specifications during construction, and unavailability of
construction material in the market. The major procurement management related factors that
affect the performance of the projects are lack of an effective and efficient Procurement
planning, procurement control mechanism, and contract management in the enterprise. the
major stakeholder management related factors that affect the performance of the project are
lack of stakeholder attribute assessment, lack of Stakeholders involvement in decision making
process, lack of stakeholder identification, and lack of stakeholder communication and
engagement. Among quality management related factor that affect the performance of
projects, lack of quality management system and lack of management commitment and
leadership towards quality were the two most important factors that affect the performance
of projects. The researcher further employed a multiple linear regression model to analyze
the relationship between factors affecting the performance of projects and project
performance. The regression result reveals resource, stakeholder, and procurement related
factors are positively and significantly influence the project cost performance but quality
management related factors were found positive but not significant factor influencing the
cost performance of project. Also, regression result reveals resource and stakeholder
management factors are positively and significantly influence the project time performance
but quality and procurement management related factors were found positive but not
significant factor influencing the time performance of project. On other hand, resource,
stakeholder, and quality related factors are positively and significantly influence the project
quality performance but procurement management related factors was found positive but not
significant factor influencing the quality performance of project. The results of the study may
suggest that the enterprise need to give more emphasis on resource and stakeholder
management to enhance project performance. |
