Investigation of critical success factors for construction sector in Gaza Strip from the contractor's perspective

Dissertant

Hamdiyah, Ahmad Mahmud

Thesis advisor

al-Farra, Majid Muhammad Abd al-Salam

University

Islamic University

Faculty

Faculty of Commerce

Department

Department of Business Administration

University Country

Palestine (Gaza Strip)

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2008

English Abstract

The major objective of this study was to identify, categorize, and prioritize a general set of critical success factors for construction sector in Gaza strip.

Also, this research aimed to highlight the characteristics of construction sector, as well as its role in the economical development in Gaza strip; check the effect of some personal and organizational characteristics on the level of critical success factors; examine the difference in the impact of the critical success factors at the contracting companies and examine the relation between the level of success in construction sector in Gaza strip and CSF.

This study relied mainly on analytical, descriptive and field study methodologies.

A questionnaire was designed in the light of the literature review and tested by pilot study, and then it is applied on a sample of 81 contracting companies.

Collected data is manipulated by SPSS software using many statistical tools as, frequencies, percentile values, Means, Pearson coloration coefficient and One-Way ANOVA test.

The most notable findings of this research were, about 71% of contracting companies in Gaza strip have a clear description of goals and mission, financial resources is the first CSF, the second CSF is owner satisfaction.

In addition, Pricing polices CSF was the third.

Also the forth CSF was related to Managerial Skills for contractors.

Furthermore, cost control CSF was the fifth.

Finally, Mission and Goal has the sixth one.

The hypotheses verification showed that there are no a significant differences (at significant level of 0.05) in the level of critical success factors at the construction companies in Gaza strip attributed to Educational levels of contractor, Experience of contractors, Establishment period of company, and Number of employees; as well as, there is a relative significant difference(at significant level of 0.05) in the impact of the critical success factors at the construction companies in Gaza strip; and there is a significant correlation (at significant level of 0.05) between the level of success at the construction companies in Gaza strip and its critical success factors.

Finally, the study recommended the necessity for contractors in Gaza strip to be more interested in strategic planning, to formulate and apply adequate CSFs; and contractors in Gaza strip must apply modern managerial approaches and scientific tools; as well as Top manager in contracting company in Gaza strip shouldn’t concentrate efforts on financial issues, but they are required to be interested in other topics as, human resource development, owner satisfaction, and cost reduction; furthermore, Contractors should conduct continues training programs with cooperation with PCU and NGOs to improve managerial and financial practices.

Main Subjects

Civil Engineering

Topics

• Management
• Planning
• Industries
• Palestine
• Gaza Strip
• Construction

No. of Pages

113

Table of Contents

• APA
• MLA
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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-300276