Abstract
One of the most crucial factors to consider when setting up and managing organizational activities is the application of management principles. Most of the time, organizational failure is attributed to either as a violation of management principles or an organization's inability to establish this precedent in the running of its day-to-day activities. This paper, therefore, focused on the application of the management principles of Henri Fayol in the management of human resources for construction projects. The study utilized a descriptive design using a survey study and explorative design through a literature search. Relevant literature was reviewed to identify management principles for the design of the questionnaire. The population is the core building professionals working as project managers in a construction site of three tertiary institutions in Bauchi. Forty-five (45) questionnaires were distributed and successfully filled and retrieved. SPSS software was used for the analysis. The study used descriptive statistics and the Kruskal-Wallis test for the analysis. The results show that the majority of the respondents (80 %) acknowledged the importance of these principles to the construction industry in the management of human resources in the construction site. Also, the findings revealed that project managers always used most of these principles in the management of human resources in the construction site. Although, lack of planning and motivation, non-adherence to principles and standards, clashes of interest and corruption revealed as top challenges of its implementation on construction site. The finding concludes that the more the respondent works longer on construction sites, the higher the application of these principles in managing human resources on sites.
Highlights
Management principles are propositions established by various scholars based on fundamental facts
From the analysis shows that the respondent acknowledged the importance of these principles as relating to construction management on sites with more than 80 % of the respondent representing about 40 respondent indicates at least positive important level which indicates that, these principles are useful on day to day activities of building construction projects as shown in the chart below (Figure 1)
The topmost commonly applied principles are Division of work (MS=3.8667), Interest of organization ahead of others. (MS=3.8000), Teamwork (MS=3.7333), Delegation of power and responsibility (MS=3.6667) and Command hierarchy (MS=3.6667) respectively. This finding implies that, while managing construction sites, the construction managers do apply at least one of these principles in building construction projects and the implementation attained a satisfactory level in the construction industry
Summary
Management principles are propositions established by various scholars based on fundamental facts. Management skills are needed to improve the performance of an organization in construction projects, and these activities involve many activities involving more people as a team working towards achieving organizational goals and objectives [3]. These principles are established through observations, practice and long-term management experience. Authors [6] claimed that the main goals of an organization's management principle are to improve the working condition, which will increase efficiency by saving costs and improving profit. This paper aims to assess the extent of the application of principles of management in the management of human resources in construction projects. The objectives of the study are: To assess the stakeholders’ perception about the relevancy of Henry Fayol principles of management application in construction industry, to determine the extent of usage of Henry Fayol management principles by project managers in building construction projects and to identify the challenges in implementation of Henry Fayol management principles on construction sites
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