Korean company practice in Malaysia

The recent growth of Malaysian construction industry has attracted some international contractors to participate. This situation makes the local construction industry became more competitive. Foreign construction companies especially from South Korea are familiar with local construction practices. T...

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Main Author:	Md. Dalib, Md. Sazali
Format:	Thesis
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TH Building construction
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spelling	my-utm-ep.421562020-08-09T06:56:15Z Korean company practice in Malaysia 2013 Md. Dalib, Md. Sazali TH Building construction The recent growth of Malaysian construction industry has attracted some international contractors to participate. This situation makes the local construction industry became more competitive. Foreign construction companies especially from South Korea are familiar with local construction practices. They have good track record in completing Malaysian major projects such as Penang Bridge and Kuala Lumpur City Centre. This study has been conducted with the main aim to evaluate the main practices of the Korean construction company in Malaysia. Aspect that related to the basic organizational structure, philosophy embraced by the Korean construction company and their key success factors has been evaluated. Specific focus is also directed towards understanding how they handled the quality issue. The findings of this study have found that the Korean construction company is practicing the functional type of organization management and their company organizational structure has been strongly influenced by their culture and philosophy. Their strong management foundation, culture and working etiquette are their key success factor in executing the construction project. For them, all aspect of management including delivery a quality construction product, cost management and time management are consider very important. However on top of it, safety is their priority as it’s involved a human life. In handling the issue of quality, they are following the international standard of Quality Management System and their management is involved in creating a quality environment to their project site. It is hope that the competitive culture as practice by the Korean contractor can be a good example for local contractors to follow. 2013 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/42156/ http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:79570 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic	TH Building construction
spellingShingle	TH Building construction Md. Dalib, Md. Sazali Korean company practice in Malaysia
description	The recent growth of Malaysian construction industry has attracted some international contractors to participate. This situation makes the local construction industry became more competitive. Foreign construction companies especially from South Korea are familiar with local construction practices. They have good track record in completing Malaysian major projects such as Penang Bridge and Kuala Lumpur City Centre. This study has been conducted with the main aim to evaluate the main practices of the Korean construction company in Malaysia. Aspect that related to the basic organizational structure, philosophy embraced by the Korean construction company and their key success factors has been evaluated. Specific focus is also directed towards understanding how they handled the quality issue. The findings of this study have found that the Korean construction company is practicing the functional type of organization management and their company organizational structure has been strongly influenced by their culture and philosophy. Their strong management foundation, culture and working etiquette are their key success factor in executing the construction project. For them, all aspect of management including delivery a quality construction product, cost management and time management are consider very important. However on top of it, safety is their priority as it’s involved a human life. In handling the issue of quality, they are following the international standard of Quality Management System and their management is involved in creating a quality environment to their project site. It is hope that the competitive culture as practice by the Korean contractor can be a good example for local contractors to follow.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Md. Dalib, Md. Sazali
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author_sort	Md. Dalib, Md. Sazali
title	Korean company practice in Malaysia
title_short	Korean company practice in Malaysia
title_full	Korean company practice in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Korean company practice in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Korean company practice in Malaysia
title_sort	korean company practice in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2013
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Korean company practice in Malaysia

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