The Construction Project Manager And Human Group Theories

In an organization, the formation of a work group adds the dimension of professional goals, interests, and aspirations - those of each individual member as well as the objectives of the formal organization. A construction project manager is the overall controller, planner, and coordinator of the pro...

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Published inCost engineering (Morgantown, W. Va.) Vol. 31; no. 7; p. 19
Main Author Rwelamila, Pantaleo D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Morgantown American Association of Cost Engineers 01.07.1989
Subjects
Applications
Communication
Construction industry
Formal organization
Group dynamics
Management styles
Project management
Theory
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Summary:In an organization, the formation of a work group adds the dimension of professional goals, interests, and aspirations - those of each individual member as well as the objectives of the formal organization. A construction project manager is the overall controller, planner, and coordinator of the project. Individual project managers, appointed for each project, control and coordinate all of the functional specialists who are required for a particular project. There are many group theories. In the construction industry, groups or teams serve the same major purpose: 1. distribution and management of work, 2. problem solving and decision making, 3. information collection, processing, exchange, and dissemination, 4. negotiation or conflict resolution, and 5. overall completion of milestones and goals. How and if these goals are accomplished depends, to a great extent, on how the group or project team functions, how the manager defines the group and relates to it, and how the group as a whole sees itself.
ISSN:0274-9696