Contractor's perception towards communication barrier at construction site / Faezah Tairin

Construction industry is a massive and complex industry that involve huge number of people in a project. lnteraction between parties is important in order to convey the needs of the clients. One has to communicate clearly in order for the parties to understand. Communication is the key to success....

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Main Author: Tairini, Faezah
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Published: 2020
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spelling my-uitm-ir.368832020-11-23T04:41:23Z Contractor's perception towards communication barrier at construction site / Faezah Tairin 2020-07 Tairini, Faezah Indexes (General) Communication in management. Communication in organizations. Communication of information Construction industry Contractors Construction industry is a massive and complex industry that involve huge number of people in a project. lnteraction between parties is important in order to convey the needs of the clients. One has to communicate clearly in order for the parties to understand. Communication is the key to success. lt is crucial for the parties involved to understand what the client wants because once the information delivered is unclear, it would definitely cause barrier in communication. The sender needs to clearly understand the message before conveying it to the receiver. Previous research has proof that communication barrier could cause dispute and also project delay. The aim of this research is to study the perceptions of contractors on barriers of communication at construction site. lt is also to explore the effect of communication barrier on construction site, to identify the communication barrier on construction site and to provide solution to overcome the communication barrier at construction site. A survey questionnaire was conducted with a respondent of Contractors Grade 7. There were 54 questionnaire distributed to the contractors. The survey was distributed through google form. The data is analyzed by using mean and frequency method. The result shows that the communication barrier that exist on site was due to misunderstanding between parties involved. Also, the effect of communication barrier on site could leads to conflict between parties. Once the barrier is identified the potential solutions needs to be discover. Hence, the potential solution that could help overcome communication barrier is by having a meeting face to face with the parties involved. Overall, it can be concluded that the communication barrier occurs due the construction industry players itself. Hence, it is very important that the parties need to have a good communicating tool in order to eliminate barriers in communication. 2020-07 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36883/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36883/1/36883.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
topic Indexes (General)
Indexes (General)
Construction industry
Contractors
spellingShingle Indexes (General)
Indexes (General)
Construction industry
Contractors
Tairini, Faezah
Contractor's perception towards communication barrier at construction site / Faezah Tairin
description Construction industry is a massive and complex industry that involve huge number of people in a project. lnteraction between parties is important in order to convey the needs of the clients. One has to communicate clearly in order for the parties to understand. Communication is the key to success. lt is crucial for the parties involved to understand what the client wants because once the information delivered is unclear, it would definitely cause barrier in communication. The sender needs to clearly understand the message before conveying it to the receiver. Previous research has proof that communication barrier could cause dispute and also project delay. The aim of this research is to study the perceptions of contractors on barriers of communication at construction site. lt is also to explore the effect of communication barrier on construction site, to identify the communication barrier on construction site and to provide solution to overcome the communication barrier at construction site. A survey questionnaire was conducted with a respondent of Contractors Grade 7. There were 54 questionnaire distributed to the contractors. The survey was distributed through google form. The data is analyzed by using mean and frequency method. The result shows that the communication barrier that exist on site was due to misunderstanding between parties involved. Also, the effect of communication barrier on site could leads to conflict between parties. Once the barrier is identified the potential solutions needs to be discover. Hence, the potential solution that could help overcome communication barrier is by having a meeting face to face with the parties involved. Overall, it can be concluded that the communication barrier occurs due the construction industry players itself. Hence, it is very important that the parties need to have a good communicating tool in order to eliminate barriers in communication.
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author Tairini, Faezah
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title Contractor's perception towards communication barrier at construction site / Faezah Tairin
title_short Contractor's perception towards communication barrier at construction site / Faezah Tairin
title_full Contractor's perception towards communication barrier at construction site / Faezah Tairin
title_fullStr Contractor's perception towards communication barrier at construction site / Faezah Tairin
title_full_unstemmed Contractor's perception towards communication barrier at construction site / Faezah Tairin
title_sort contractor's perception towards communication barrier at construction site / faezah tairin
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak
granting_department Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying
publishDate 2020
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36883/1/36883.pdf
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