Top management commitment towards quality management in the context of Malaysian construction organizations

Top management commitment towards quality management is generally perceived as one of the key factors in determining its success. It has been observed that the local construction industry is facing a lot of quality issues. In relation to this, the authors are trying to perceive quality management in...

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Main Authors: Tan, Chin Keng, Abdul Rahman, Hamzah
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/2310/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2310/1/CIBW112Paper39.pdf
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author Tan, Chin Keng
Abdul Rahman, Hamzah
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description Top management commitment towards quality management is generally perceived as one of the key factors in determining its success. It has been observed that the local construction industry is facing a lot of quality issues. In relation to this, the authors are trying to perceive quality management in the context of Malaysian construction industry from the perspective of top management commitment. The research aims to identify the constructs of commitment from literatures and explore the top management commitment towards quality management in building construction projects based on the constructs identified in the context of Malaysian construction organizations. Survey samples were drawn from the construction organizations of G5, G6, and G7 registered with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia. Research findings show that the top management of construction organizations is generally committed to quality management implementation from the perspectives of quality goals, efforts, involvement and attitude to change. Nevertheless, there are some areas which need to be improved. Firstly, quality is still lacking in terms of its importance in the mentality of the top management compared to cost and time and secondly, resources allocation should be further increased to a more satisfactory level.
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spelling iium-23102016-02-15T00:58:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2310/ Top management commitment towards quality management in the context of Malaysian construction organizations Tan, Chin Keng Abdul Rahman, Hamzah HD28 Management. Industrial Management Top management commitment towards quality management is generally perceived as one of the key factors in determining its success. It has been observed that the local construction industry is facing a lot of quality issues. In relation to this, the authors are trying to perceive quality management in the context of Malaysian construction industry from the perspective of top management commitment. The research aims to identify the constructs of commitment from literatures and explore the top management commitment towards quality management in building construction projects based on the constructs identified in the context of Malaysian construction organizations. Survey samples were drawn from the construction organizations of G5, G6, and G7 registered with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia. Research findings show that the top management of construction organizations is generally committed to quality management implementation from the perspectives of quality goals, efforts, involvement and attitude to change. Nevertheless, there are some areas which need to be improved. Firstly, quality is still lacking in terms of its importance in the mentality of the top management compared to cost and time and secondly, resources allocation should be further increased to a more satisfactory level. 2008-11-21 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2310/1/CIBW112Paper39.pdf Tan, Chin Keng and Abdul Rahman, Hamzah (2008) Top management commitment towards quality management in the context of Malaysian construction organizations. In: International Conference on Multi-National Construction Projects, 21 - 23 November, 2008, Shanghai, China.
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Tan, Chin Keng
Abdul Rahman, Hamzah
Top management commitment towards quality management in the context of Malaysian construction organizations
title Top management commitment towards quality management in the context of Malaysian construction organizations
title_full Top management commitment towards quality management in the context of Malaysian construction organizations
title_fullStr Top management commitment towards quality management in the context of Malaysian construction organizations
title_full_unstemmed Top management commitment towards quality management in the context of Malaysian construction organizations
title_short Top management commitment towards quality management in the context of Malaysian construction organizations
title_sort top management commitment towards quality management in the context of malaysian construction organizations
topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2310/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2310/1/CIBW112Paper39.pdf