Redefining performance measures for construction project managers: an empirical evaluation

Andrew Dainty, Mei-I Cheng and David Moore

Construction Management and Economics, 2003, vol. 21, issue 2, 209-218

Abstract: Traditional success criteria for construction projects centre on the achievement of cost, programme and quality targets. In this paper, it is argued that these simple measures are too crude to be used for gauging managers' performance in the context of today's construction project environment, as many variables outside of the manager's control can impact on outturn performance and the demands on project managers are far broader than in the past. It is argued that the industry needs to define more appropriate performance criteria for measuring project managers' performance and encouraging their professional development. These must redefine traditional success parameters to consider the knowledge, skills and behavioural inputs which contribute to superior performance. These can then be used to engender a more appropriate set of management behaviours that lead to improved project outcomes. This study has developed such a framework by examining the views of members of project teams and other organizational stakeholders through a series of focus groups. Factor analysis was used to refine a range of nine performance criteria against which managers' performance can be evaluated. These have the potential to be used as a basis for developing more appropriate reward management approaches and as a starting point for developing competency-based performance management tools in the future.

Keywords: Contractors' Construction Project Managers; Performance Criteria; Performance Management; Competence Analysis; Factor Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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