Necesary competencies of construction managers in a developing country

Abstract

One of the most significant obstacles in a developing country is related to non-productive investments or delay on productivity of construction projects. Following the development in the business world, the challenges for handling the businesses toward productivity raised as well. Construction industry plays an important role in the foundation of economy everywhere. Therefore, to undertake and push the projects through the challenges to achieve the productivity and the business advantages, a proper leadership by a competent Construction Manager (CM) is essential. Necessary competencies as the first objective, the importance of the competencies as the second objective, and finally prediction of a competent manager leading to a successful construction project based on CM’s “Big Five Traits” as a psychological factor through the dominant challenges at working environment is as the last objective. In order to gather data, both quantitative and qualitative surveys were employed in the study. Interview, Delphi method, and questionnaires analysis have been utilised to fulfil the three objectives respectively. By the results of the survey, the projects’ authorities can recognize the essential competencies, the level of competency, and finally a predictor for prominent construction managers based on CM’s Big Five traits as a psychological factor before employment.