Emergent trend of Malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management

Facility management is an upcoming trend in Malaysian construction industry. It is all about improving the operational quality, adding value to organisation and minimising the exposure to risk. It creates business opportunities, improve business relation but most of all it generates significant busi...

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Main Author: Mohd. Kamin, Norazlina
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2007
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description Facility management is an upcoming trend in Malaysian construction industry. It is all about improving the operational quality, adding value to organisation and minimising the exposure to risk. It creates business opportunities, improve business relation but most of all it generates significant business returns. This research provides essential concept on the application of facility management (FM) in general and specific emphasis on construction per se. It reveals substantial opportunities embodied by FM through developing myriad of business services which is an emerging trend in Malaysian construction industry. The level of knowledge and awareness of construction industry players and the opportunities, all pertaining to FM are analysed to ensure that it enables the expansion of FM in the industry as well as its resistance or barriers. This research reveals that strategic decisions of an organisation substantiate changes either in market development, penetration or diversification to FM depending on the organisation, can enhance competitive advantages quality, add value and improve business relationships amongst its stakeholders. This research indefinitely provides an insight on the application and the opportunities of FM through its interface in the construction industry by acquiring appropriate strategic actions.
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spelling utm-66532018-08-26T04:49:48Z http://eprints.utm.my/6653/ Emergent trend of Malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management Mohd. Kamin, Norazlina HD28 Management. Industrial Management TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Facility management is an upcoming trend in Malaysian construction industry. It is all about improving the operational quality, adding value to organisation and minimising the exposure to risk. It creates business opportunities, improve business relation but most of all it generates significant business returns. This research provides essential concept on the application of facility management (FM) in general and specific emphasis on construction per se. It reveals substantial opportunities embodied by FM through developing myriad of business services which is an emerging trend in Malaysian construction industry. The level of knowledge and awareness of construction industry players and the opportunities, all pertaining to FM are analysed to ensure that it enables the expansion of FM in the industry as well as its resistance or barriers. This research reveals that strategic decisions of an organisation substantiate changes either in market development, penetration or diversification to FM depending on the organisation, can enhance competitive advantages quality, add value and improve business relationships amongst its stakeholders. This research indefinitely provides an insight on the application and the opportunities of FM through its interface in the construction industry by acquiring appropriate strategic actions. 2007-05 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/6653/1/CikNorazlinaMohdKaminMFKA2007.pdf Mohd. Kamin, Norazlina (2007) Emergent trend of Malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering.
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Mohd. Kamin, Norazlina
Emergent trend of Malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management
title Emergent trend of Malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management
title_full Emergent trend of Malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management
title_fullStr Emergent trend of Malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management
title_full_unstemmed Emergent trend of Malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management
title_short Emergent trend of Malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management
title_sort emergent trend of malaysian construction industry : the rise of facilities management
topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
url http://eprints.utm.my/6653/
http://eprints.utm.my/6653/1/CikNorazlinaMohdKaminMFKA2007.pdf