Skills and competency in construction project success: Learning environment and industry application - The GAP

The main objective of this paper is to identify the gap between the effectiveness of learning environment and industry application on skills and competency in construction project success. To achieve the objective, secondary data is collected, while primary data are distributed by postal survey. Fro...

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Published in:Procedia Engineering
Main Author: Hasan H.S.M.; Ahamad H.; Mohamed M.R.
Format: Conference paper
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84855653188&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2011.11.168&partnerID=40&md5=35c599b4ea6aac907e08bb23640f300d
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Hasan H.S.M.; Ahamad H.; Mohamed M.R.
Skills and competency in construction project success: Learning environment and industry application - The GAP
2011
Procedia Engineering
20

10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.168
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84855653188&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2011.11.168&partnerID=40&md5=35c599b4ea6aac907e08bb23640f300d
The main objective of this paper is to identify the gap between the effectiveness of learning environment and industry application on skills and competency in construction project success. To achieve the objective, secondary data is collected, while primary data are distributed by postal survey. From the survey to the employer respondents, the result indicate that employer too much emphasis on specialization within organizations and lack of cross fertilization of ideas between departments. From the employer respondents also shows the difference between the expectations of industry and graduates from construction management education. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

18777058
English
Conference paper
All Open Access; Gold Open Access
author Hasan H.S.M.; Ahamad H.; Mohamed M.R.
spellingShingle Hasan H.S.M.; Ahamad H.; Mohamed M.R.
Skills and competency in construction project success: Learning environment and industry application - The GAP
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title_short Skills and competency in construction project success: Learning environment and industry application - The GAP
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title_fullStr Skills and competency in construction project success: Learning environment and industry application - The GAP
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description The main objective of this paper is to identify the gap between the effectiveness of learning environment and industry application on skills and competency in construction project success. To achieve the objective, secondary data is collected, while primary data are distributed by postal survey. From the survey to the employer respondents, the result indicate that employer too much emphasis on specialization within organizations and lack of cross fertilization of ideas between departments. From the employer respondents also shows the difference between the expectations of industry and graduates from construction management education. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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