The Nature and Scope of Thesis
Countries around the world have realized that the best way of managing the competitiveness of the market is to successfully government and private projects completed in time and as per the expectations. There is a need to embrace professionalism when addressing different projects, from minor construction to major governmental projects that may cost billions of dollars. Construction projects ideally should be a partnership of various stakeholders that need to be involved for successful and safe project completion, delivering the project on time and within the planned budget. Unfortunately, this is not the reality for many projects where the architects, general contractors, subcontractors and project owners have differing goals. A study of how this process could be improved is necessary. There is a massive benefit if this process runs smoothly. My thesis will examine how and what efforts should be made to make projects run smoothly where different parties involved in them have the same vision, agenda, and goals. This thesis will involve the collection of primary and secondary sources of data in order to guide the conclusion and recommendations that will be made. It will be empirical research that will support every argument with facts from the field and those gathered from secondary sources such as books and reputable academic journals. The scope of this thesis will be limited to ways in which stakeholders can cooperate in order to achieve mutual benefits. Anything outside the subject of my thesis will be beyond the scope of the research.
The subject of the academic work
In every academic work, it is always important to define the subject in order to find relevant materials that can be used to achieve the desired results. In this academic work, I will focus on how to improve partnership among different stakeholders in the management and control of construction projects. This subject is motivated by the fact that real estate players are faced with the problem of conflicting interests, making it possible to achieve the desired results. The intended title for the thesis is as follows: Improving Partnership among different Stakeholders in Management and Control of Construction Projects.
The aim of the academic assignment
It is a fact that there is a need for advanced education in order to understand how to relate with various stakeholders. Based on the problem that we know in the background, the aim of this study is as follows:
- To find out the problems faced by different stakeholders in project development and management processes.
- To find out the assignment scope of each party and the agenda of each assignment.
- To find out the process that every party is having and the correlation to the other parties at that time.
- To understand the efforts that should be made so that this process can be improved to make the outcome beneficial to all parties.
Scientific methodology
At the level of the master study program, there are a number of scientific methods that can be used when conducting research. The most conventional methods of scientific research are quantitative methods and qualitative methods. The qualitative method takes the descriptive form when analyzing data. On the other hand, the quantitative method uses mathematical tools in order to arrive at a given conclusion. It is important to choose the most appropriate methodology in order to conduct the research. Quantitative research was considered very relevant. It involves collecting data from primary and secondary sources and using mathematical methods to arrive at a conclusion. The inductive reasoning makes it possible to make a generalization of the entire population out of the sampled group.
Hypothetical result
The following are my expectations of the master program at this institution:
- I expect to gain deeper knowledge and information from this master’s program in order to enable me to become effective.
- From this master’s program, I will expect to learn how to manage a building construction project in an international scope, and how to deal with various problems in the related area. This will improve my expertise in this field.
- I expect that upon completing the program, my communication skills will be improved, a fact that will not only improve my efficiency, but also the manner in which I will handle different stakeholders.
Lived experience
I have developed a strong interest to advance my architectural career since the day I graduated from the university. I have amassed new knowledge and experience in this field because I have been working in architectural firms. After graduation, I worked as an interior design consultant for about one year. I started as a junior designer and took more responsibilities in several architectural and interior projects as I continued to work in this firm. I learned project management skills, from developing a project plan, making schedules, monitoring the schedules, and managing change events within a project. After a year of working as an architectural and interior consultant, I went to work at my family company. I took the position of the project and production officer majorly focusing on housing interior and project. However, this did not stop me from working as a freelance architect.
This effort has not been without challenges. One problem that I often encounter in managing a project is the inability of some projects to meet the time requirement. This has mainly been due to the varying interests of the architects, general contractors, subcontractors, and owners of such projects. This is one of the reasons why I have planned for my future thesis for the Master of Construction and Real Estate Management to be on how to improve the partnership with all the relevant stakeholders within a project in order to achieve good results.