Factors affecting the project management competences of government departments in Sarawak

The present study was borne out of the arising discussions over the inefficiency of public sector organizations to undertake project implementation, upon which project management competences were highlighted as the main deferring factor for this quandary. Such problems are evident in Malaysia in gen...

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Main Author:	Mohamad Danial, Bin Beti
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.126782023-03-29T03:50:02Z Factors affecting the project management competences of government departments in Sarawak 2013 Mohamad Danial, Bin Beti H Social Sciences (General) The present study was borne out of the arising discussions over the inefficiency of public sector organizations to undertake project implementation, upon which project management competences were highlighted as the main deferring factor for this quandary. Such problems are evident in Malaysia in general, and in Sarawak, in particular, in which improvements to project management competences among government officers have left a lot to be desireV Thus, the study wishes to explore the effects of environmental factors in the organization on the individual project management competency behaviours, to explain such claimed deficiency, after Boyatzis' (1982) "effective job performance" model. Data was thus collected from 155 respondents from project personnel in government bodies in the Kuching Division using self-administered questionnaire survey with 90 returned replies. The demographic profile, achievement-orientation levels, perception of organizational climate, organizational culture and nature of work were each elicited using specific scales to measure the required variables. From the analysis of data collected, it was inferred that organizational climate and nature of work were significantly related to ~chievement-orientation competency. Organizational culture was not significantly related to achievement-orientation. The findings supported previous studies on the effects of organizational factors such as climate and job characteristics, on the disposition of employees' towards performance, job satisfaction, commitment, among others. In conclusion, the present study was able to achieve its intended objectives and the results could be used to contribute to the improvements of the government delivery system. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2013 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12678/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12678/3/Factors%20affecting%20the%20project%20management%20competences%20of%20government%20departments%20in%20Sarawak%20%28fulltext%29.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Economics and Business
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description	The present study was borne out of the arising discussions over the inefficiency of public sector organizations to undertake project implementation, upon which project management competences were highlighted as the main deferring factor for this quandary. Such problems are evident in Malaysia in general, and in Sarawak, in particular, in which improvements to project management competences among government officers have left a lot to be desireV Thus, the study wishes to explore the effects of environmental factors in the organization on the individual project management competency behaviours, to explain such claimed deficiency, after Boyatzis' (1982) "effective job performance" model. Data was thus collected from 155 respondents from project personnel in government bodies in the Kuching Division using self-administered questionnaire survey with 90 returned replies. The demographic profile, achievement-orientation levels, perception of organizational climate, organizational culture and nature of work were each elicited using specific scales to measure the required variables. From the analysis of data collected, it was inferred that organizational climate and nature of work were significantly related to ~chievement-orientation competency. Organizational culture was not significantly related to achievement-orientation. The findings supported previous studies on the effects of organizational factors such as climate and job characteristics, on the disposition of employees' towards performance, job satisfaction, commitment, among others. In conclusion, the present study was able to achieve its intended objectives and the results could be used to contribute to the improvements of the government delivery system.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohamad Danial, Bin Beti
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title	Factors affecting the project management competences of government departments in Sarawak
title_short	Factors affecting the project management competences of government departments in Sarawak
title_full	Factors affecting the project management competences of government departments in Sarawak
title_fullStr	Factors affecting the project management competences of government departments in Sarawak
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granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
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publishDate	2013
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