Dissertations / Theses: 'Construction industry of Kenya'

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Mbiti, Titus Kivaa Peter, and tkivaap@yahoo com. "A System Dynamics Model of Construction Output in Kenya." RMIT University. Property Construction & Project Management, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20081211.160910.

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This study investigates fluctuations of construction output, and growth of the output in Kenya. Fluctuation and growth of construction activity are matters of concern in construction industries of many countries in the developing as well as in the developed world. The construction industry of Kenya is therefore an exemplifying case for this phenomenon. Construction activity in Kenya fluctuates excessively and grows very slowly. This remains a big challenge to policy makers, developers, consultants and contractors in their decision-making processes. In this study, systems thinking was applied to investigate the problem of excessive fluctuations and stunted growth of construction output in Kenya. The study developed a system dynamics model to simulate the construction output problem behaviour. The historical behaviour of the construction industry was described using construction output data of a 40-year period - from 1964 to 2003. Line graphs of the historical data exhibited profiles that helped to identify the system archetypes operating in the industry. From the profiles, it was deduced that the problem of fluctuations and slow growth of construction output in Kenya is encapsulated in two system archetypes, namely: balancing process with a delay, and limits to growth. The relationship between construction output and its determinant factors from the constru ction industry's environment was investigated using time series regression, which involved autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) regression and multiple regression modelling of the output. On the basis of the historical data analysis and the system archetypes identified, a system dynamics (SD) model was developed to replicate the problem of fluctuations and slow growth in the construction output. The data used to develop the system dynamics model was annual construction output in Kenya from 1964 to 2003. The model was then used: to appraise policy changes suggested by construction industry participants in Kenya, and to project construction output in Kenya from year 2004 to year 2050, in order to establish the expected future fluctuations and growth trends of the construction output. It was observed that three fundamental changes are necessary in the system structure of the construction industry of Kenya, in order to minimize fluctuations and foster growth in construction output in the country, in the long run. The changes are: setting long-term targets of annual construction output in the industry as a whole, incorporating reserve capacity in the production process, and expanding the system st ructure to capture a larger construction market. The study recommends regulation of the response of the construction industry of Kenya to changes in construction demand in the market, and expansion of the construction industry's market into the African region and beyond.

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Wachira, Isabella Njeri. "An investigation into the training of labour in the informal construction sector in Kenya." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5064.

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The training of craftsmen in Kenya is the responsibility of their traditional employer the contractor. However, over the last 20 years, the contractors’ motivation to train has been eroded by increased casualisation. Concurrently, there was growth of the informal procurement system propagated by private sector clients, who have no incentive to train because they are ad hoc consumers of construction services. Together these phenomena led to the collapse of the formal craft training and growth of informal skilling. Currently however, there is a lack of knowledge and understanding of the nature of informal craft training. The intent of this research was to redress this by identifying the types of skills informally employed craftsmen are acquiring, how these skills are acquired and how training delivery can be enhanced. The hypotheses of the research were that the skills and skilling methods in the informal sector do not differ significantly from those in the formal sector and that the nature of training in the informal construction sector is clearly understood.

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Rono, Henry Kipkogei. "Adaptation of processing technologies in the bakery industry in Kenya." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39336.

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This was an investigation of the ways in which firms, in the developing nations during the 1980's, have adapted production technologies in their efforts to expand the production capacities and to contribute towards the nation's capability for self-sustaining industrial operations. The study was undertaken in the bakery industry in Kenya, between 1984 and 1991, in two phases that involved a survey of 82 firms and an in-depth case study of six firms. One of the principal aims of the study was to identify a more promising strategy between the small-scale operations and the Big-Push model. The argument in this study, however, is that these two models of economic growth are subject to limitations that arise essentially from their lack of treatment of the attributes of entrepreneurs as determinant factors.
Examined under the modified versions of these models are the effects of the varied characteristics of the entrepreneurs, the nature of investment and location of the firms on the types and the levels of equipment adopted, capacity utilization, labour requirements and ways for skills development. Results indicate that the modified models, to incorporate entrepreneurs among the casual factors, improve prediction of the nature of investment as well as adaptation of the production technologies. With regard to the relative advantages, it was found that while small-scale operations encouraged adoption of locally manufactured equipment and utilization of considerably higher ratio of skilled labour, they are significantly constrained by limited capabilities for adoption of advanced equipment. In contrast, whereas large-scale operations adopted modern equipment and absorbed substantially greater number of the labour force, they exerted overwhelming negative impact on local technical capabilities and entrepreneurial activities.
In light of these findings it is suggested that medium size operations that offset extreme disadvantages of the two conventional models would be more favourable with respect to adaptation of the production technologies for purposes of achieving self-sustaining industrial operations in the context of the developing countries. In addition, attention should be given to policy measures that enable entrepreneurs to acquire capabilities for undertaking competitive industrial enterprises, particularly adoption and management of technically efficient techniques. One of the potential approaches is promotion of the cooperative industrial endeavour through which recent entrepreneurs can mobilize resources and operation skills

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Akelola, S. "Fraud in the banking industry : a case study of Kenya." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2012. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/147/.

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Fraud has become a worldwide problem that is not set to abate in the near future. It is eroding the profitability of organisations with devastating effects on firm solvency. This research aims to contribute to the knowledge and understanding of fraud in Kenya’s financial institutions and focuses on the Kenyan banking industry, which includes forty three commercial banks of local, national, regional and international standing. The research conducted uses a theoretical framework based on the Fraud Triangle to analyse the incidence of fraud and the motivations of fraudsters. The research uses a sample of audit, fraud, security and other managers involved in fraud fighting from thirty banks across the industry to conduct a mixed qualitative and quantitative study based on a survey of sixty respondents and seventeen semi-structured interviews. The research found that fraud is considered to be a major problem within the Kenyan banking industry, although the relative size of frauds conducted was relatively small and unsophisticated. Fraud detection and prevention methods used in the industry were standard and no different from global standards. The fraud triangle worked effectively to predict the patterns of fraud described by respondents. However from this study it is argued that the Fraud Triangle is not as effective in explaining the collusive and predatory nature of the Kenyan bank fraudster. Internal and external factors involved in fraud in Kenya are also identified, including weak industry co-operation, inadequately trained police and prosecutors, ineffective justice systems, weak government regulatory frameworks, low or non-existent fraud budgets for detecting and preventing fraud, among others. International banks were ahead of local, national and regional banks in efforts to establish industry co-operation; availability of capital, human, technological and other resources; dedicated fraud departments and budgets. Unlike previous research and theories that have mainly focused on either the individual or environmental factors, this research suggests an integrated theoretical and conceptual approach to fraud.

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Ondigi, Evans Anyona. "The discursive construction of Kenyan ethnicities in online political talk." UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6685.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
Multi-paradigmatically qualitative, and largely in the fashion of the critical theory, this study seeks to explore how a selection of Kenyans construct, manipulate and negotiate ethnic categories in a discussion of national politics on two Facebook sites over a period of fourteen and a half months, at the time of the 2013 national elections. Kenya has at least 42 ethnic communities, and has been described as a hotbed of ethnic polarisation. The study is interested in how the participants use language to position themselves and others in relation to ethnicity, as well as to draw on or make reference to notions of Kenyan nationalism. The data for this study is drawn from Facebook discussions on two different groups: one ‘open’ and one ‘closed’. The data also includes participants from different ethnic groups and political leanings. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Engagement and Face-work are used as theoretical frameworks to explore how participants draw on different discourses to construct their ethnicities and position themselves as Kenyan nationals. The analysis also explores how informants expand and contract the dialogic space, as well as how they perform face-work during these interactions. CDA is important since the study examines ways in which participants participate in societal struggles through discourse, as either effectively supporting, sustaining, reproducing or challenging the status quo or power imbalances, especially as members of particular ethnic groups. The theory of Engagement is also important for the study since it helps explain how participants source their value positions and align each other as they open up or close down the dialogic space in their arguments or discussions. The notion of Face-work is used as an important complement to Engagement to further explore the nature of interaction between participants. The data has been analysed in two main ways: linguistically and thematically. The linguistic analysis generally reveals that the participants in the closed group paid much more attention to face-work, and used both expansive and contractive resources of Engagement almost in equal measure, while their open group counterparts tended more towards contractive resources and paid less attention to face-work. The interactions of both groups, however, point to the existing ethno-political mobilisation and polarisation in the country. The study also teases out several extra discursive strategies which it proposes for consideration as possible add-ons to the Engagement framework. Lastly, the thematic analysis reveals new important ways through which participants conceive ethnicity, especially as constituting interethnic relations.

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Yau, Hok-wing John. "A study of subcontracting in the Hong Kong construction industry and its impact on the management of quality /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13055161.

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Rosana, Masese Eric. "The social construction of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies among Abagusii youth-Kenya." Thesis, Pau, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PAUU1020/document.

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Le V.I.H/ SIDA continue à être un problème important, tant socio-économique que sur la plan physiologique qui affecte les jeunes au Kenya, et ce, en dépit des interventions préventives qui visent à donner les moyens d’éviter la contamination. Ceci a suscité plusieurs études sur les facteurs contextuels régissant ce fléau. Cependant, ce qui manque dans ces études, c’est l’examen du processus de formation des représentations à l’origine des comportements sexuels dans les différents contextes culturels. En ce qui concerne la sexualité et le V.I.H / SIDA, cette étude traite des structures et des processus de formation de ces représentations à l’intérieur des groupes sociaux. Elle traite aussi comment les significations produites influencent l’interprétation et l’adoption des stratégies préventive à l’égard du V.I.H / SIDA. Employant la théorie de la construction sociale, cette étude examine la compréhension des stratégies de prévention du V.I.H / SIDA telle que l’Abstinence, la Fidélité, l’utilisation des Préservatifs (AFP) et la Connaissance de son statut (VCT) parmi les jeunes Abagusiis dans leurs expériences vécues. Spécifiquement, l’étude examine comment les significations sociales à l’égard de la sexualité et du V.I.H / SIDA influencent l’interprétation et la prise de mesures concernant l’AFP et les approches de prévention de V.I.H / SIDA. Les données de cette étude ont été obtenues auprès de 100 jeunes Abagusiis au moyen d’entretiens intensifs et d’observations participantes. Des données supplémentaires ont été obtenues auprès des animateurs sociaux. Les résultats de l‘étude montrent que les jeunes Abagusiis comprennent les stratégies préventifs qui touchent le V.I.H / SIDA (AFP et VCT) en relation avec leurs significations sociales de la sexualité. En résumé, alors qu’elle apprécie le rôle important des facteurs structuraux et contextuels qui influencent le comportement sexuel, l’étude soutient qu’il est important de tenir compte des processus de formation des représentations, afin de mieux comprendre les réactions comportementales des individus au sujet des campagnes préventives concernant le V.I.H / SIDA dans des divers contextes culturels, et pour s’assurer de leur efficacité
HIV/AIDS continues to be a major socio-economic and medical problem affecting youth in Kenya. This is in spite of the massive prevention interventions which aim at empowering the youth with information on how to avoid being infected. This has therefore created impetus for investigating contextual factors driving the pandemic. However, missing in these studies are the processes on how meanings which are vital in influencing sexual behaviour are generated in different cultural contexts. This study therefore focused on the structures and processes of meaning formation within social groups, with regards to sex and HIV/AIDS, and how the produced meanings influence the interpretation and adoption of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies. Using the social construction theory, the study examined emic understanding of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies such Abstinence, Being Faithful, Condom use and Knowing one’s HIV status ( VCT) among Abagusii youth in their lived experiences. Specifically, the study interrogated how the social meanings of sex and HIV/AIDS influence the interpretation and action towards “ABC” and “VCT” HIV/AIDS prevention approaches. Data for this study was obtained from 100 Abagusii youth using in-depth conversational interviews and participant observation. Augmentative data was also obtained from key informant interviews. Findings from the study showed that Abagusii youths make sense of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies (ABC and VCT) in relation to their social meanings of sex. In conclusion, while appreciating the vital role of structural and contextual factors in influencing sexual behaviour, the study argued that it is equally important to take into account meaning formation processes in understanding individuals’ behavioural responses to HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns in diverse cultural contexts for them to be effective

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Mburu, Peris Njoki. "Determinants of customer satisfaction and retention: a survey of the banking industry in Kenya." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1014106.

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Customers have become the lifeblood of any organisation. Without customers, or-ganisations would not exist let alone survive in this competitive global environment (Grigoroudis, Politis and Siskos, 2002). Banks depend on sufficient and sustaining profitability to survive in the global business world. Customers are the source of banks‟ profitability. By satisfying the customer, the bank is able to retain the custom-er and reap maximum benefits from the relationship which ultimately leads to higher profitability. Customer satisfaction has therefore evolved as a strategic business ini-tiative which banks cannot ignore. Retention of the bank customer has become one of the most important objectives of the overall marketing strategy of any bank. In Kenya, the term „customer service‟ came to the fore just over fifteen years ago when banks started acquiring customer service departments. Since then, many cus-tomer training programs for staff have been put in place to transform the image of the customer as not just a profit-maker for the banks but as a human being with needs, which if not fulfilled will cause the customer to look for alternatives in the market. Training has focused on the bank staff whose customer handling skills have been sharpened. In spite of this, no empirical study has attempted to find out if the intended satisfaction of the customer has been achieved or not, which is indicative of little or no attention being given to this important phenomenon. In Africa, with the ex-ception of South Africa, empirical studies on customer satisfaction in the banking in-dustry are few. This gap presented the motivation for this study. The primary objective was to establish the determinants of customer satisfaction and retention in the Kenyan banking industry. The secondary objectives were to establish the relationship between socio-economic factors and customer satisfaction in Ken-yan banks; secondly, to determine whether bank-related factors influence customer satisfaction in Kenyan banks; thirdly, to identify the various strategies known to cus-tomers and employed by Kenyan banks to ensure customer satisfaction and customer retention and finally, to analyse the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer retention in Kenyan banks. The study adopted a descriptive survey design to suit the target population which was dispersed over a wide geographical region spanning the entire Kenya. The tar-get population included every bank customer in Kenya. Both qualitative and quantita-tive data were used. The data collection instrument was a self-administered ques-tionnaire that contained both closed and open-ended questions. Statistical tests were done using Pearson, Chi Square, Anova, Pearson Correlation and Multi-linear re-gression. Data were presented using frequency distribution tables, percentages, cross tabulation and pie charts. The findings indicated a positive relationship be-tween bank-related factors and customer satisfaction and retention. The conclusion was that if banks improved on factors like quality service, staff orientation towards customers, availability of management and ATM uptimes just to name a few, propor-tionately, customer satisfaction and retention would be enhanced. Finally, recommendations based on the findings were made to the Kenyan banks highlighting antecedents which would enhance the customers‟ satisfaction and reten-tion in the Kenyan banking industry.

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Kim, Keesoo. "Application of construction management system in the Korean construction industry /." May be available electronically:, 1997. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.

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Fung, Yip-hing. "Management of construction solid wastes /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13498277.

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Chu, Chun-wah. "A study of the occupational safety and health in the construction industry in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31965817.

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Lau, Hat-lan. "Trust relations in the construction industry /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31457393.

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Karlsson, Gabriel, and Pontus Nilsson. "Strategy implementation in the construction industry." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Accounting and Finance, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-1020.

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After immense criticism, the Swedish government requested an investigation concerning

the construction industry. The report concludes that the inactive competition within the

construction industry entail that the industry continuously delivers the same products, in

the same way. Gabrielsson & Lutz (2002), states that the market condition and the long

history of static competition within the construction industry has led to low productivity,

high consumption of resources, large influences on the environment, higher costs and a

lack of qualified labour. The construction industry is now dealing with an increasing competition

and evidently decreasing subsidies from the government, that will continue to influence

the construction industry, and the companies, which therefore must work hard to

sustain and increase their competitive advantages.

Purpose:

Describe how a construction firm could integrate the strategy with the operative work on

the project level in order to sustain and develop their competitive advantages in a growing

competitive environment, by implementing a balanced scorecard (BSC).

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Since the problem and the subject are complex and vast, the authors started the research by

study a wide range of literature, articles and journals. Three interviews were made with a

project leader working at the site, operative level, and two managers working on the strategic

level, in the line organization above the project leader. With this selection the authors

aimed to see whether the three experienced the organization and strategies the same way.

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The authors have concluded that NCC needs to go from being a very decentralized organization

to be more of a centralized one. The centralization concerns purchase, coordination,

industrialization, and project selection. The strategy has to involve all of these factors. NCC

needs to coordinate the retention of knowledge and newly found solutions. They also need

to have continuing processes of development and improvement concerning this retention,

which in favourability should be located on a national level. This could raise NCC’s

chances to achieve increased efficiency, decreased costs, better quality and environment.

The authors further believe that NCC needs to strengthen their focus on industrialization

on a national level, while letting the project organizations act as its own company. Every

project is unique and therefore NCC needs to learn from all projects in ability to see the

possibilities and enlighten the problems in all types of projects. If not, the large-scale production

benefits could be missed out.

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Wong, King-sum. "Corruption in Hong Kong construction industry." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2004. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3793370X.

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Lau, Hat-lan, and 劉克蘭. "Trust relations in the construction industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45014917.

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Banks, Albert J. "Asbestos removal in the construction industry." Thesis, Springfield, Virginia: Available from National Technical Information Service, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28001.

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Seymour, H. "International investment in the construction industry." Thesis, University of Reading, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373710.

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Kim, Tae-youn. "Trends of selected construction industry practices /." Digital version, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3008368.

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Chan, Wing Tung Patrick. "Construction industry development and government policy." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2007. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3347733.

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Marchini-Blanco, Juan 1971. "Lean enterprise in the construction industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29383.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-61).
This thesis explores the application of the Lean Enterprise Model (LEM) to construction firms. LEM is a framework derived from lean manufacturing principles by MIT's Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI) for the aerospace industry. Construction firms also need new business models to meet the change in construction industry environment. Lean enterprise could assist in the development of a new business model. In theory, LEM could be applied to any given industry. A matrix has been created in which six key construction characteristics are compared to six key lean enterprise principles in order to asses how compatible would the lean enterprise model be taking into account the particularities of the construction industry. The results show that in some aspects the construction industry is already somewhat lean, e.g. it works on the basis of customer pull, while in others the application of lean principles would require a big mindset and cultural change, e.g. adversarial relationships due to the lump sum bidding system.
by Juan Marchini-Blanco.
S.M.

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Gkiourka, Paraskevi. "Managing innovation in the construction industry." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1686/.

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Eliasson, Tina, and Maria Olsson. "Social sustainability in the construction industry." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Kommunikations- och transportsystem, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-144580.

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Byggbranschen står nu inför ett utmanande kliv i hållbarhetens riktning - att ta sig an och arbeta för en socialt hållbar samhällsutveckling. Intresset att arbeta med detta är stort hos både entreprenörer, beställare och samhället i stort. Detta bidrar till att offentliga beställare formulerar krav på socialt arbete i offentliga upphandlingar, då offentlig upphandling är ett verktyg med stor genomslagskraft som kan användas för att föra detta arbete framåt. Syftet med studien är att ta reda på vad begreppet sociala hänsyn innebär, att sammanställa vilka krav på sociala hänsyn som ställs och kommer att ställas i upphandlingar som offentliga beställare i Östergötland annonserar samt identifiera de områden som beställarna avser utveckla inom ämnet. Detta för att entreprenörföretagen ska kunna satsa på en utveckling av det område inom sociala hänsyn som kommer att vara mest aktuellt i regionen, nu och i kommande upphandlingar. Detta mynnar ut i frågeställningarna: Vad innebär begreppet sociala hänsyn? Vilka krav på sociala hänsyn ställer offentliga beställare vid upphandling? Vilka åtgärder bör entreprenörerna vidta för att leva upp till kraven på sociala hänsyn som offentliga beställare prioriterar? Genom intervjuer med beställare och entreprenörer i byggbranschen har en grund skapats för att kunna definiera begreppet sociala hänsyn som "en inkludering av alla individer i samhället oavsett kön, ålder, fysisk förmåga eller etnisk tillhörighet". Insamling av publicerade förfrågningsunderlag visar på att det fokusområde inom social hållbarhet som prioriteras idag är krav på sysselsättningsåtgärder, där fokus ligger på att inkludera individer som står utanför arbetsmarknaden. Slutsatsen är att entreprenörerna bör arbeta för att skapa fler platser i driftentreprenader och produktion, för att öka antalet sysselsatta, samt komplettera detta med bra utbildningar, handledning och stöttning. Det har även visat sig finnas förbättringsmöjligheter i beställarorganisationernas arbete med att ställa krav på sociala hänsyn, vilka, utöver svaren på frågeställningarna, presenteras i slutsatsen.

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Ho, Pui-yuk Josephine. "To study in great depth the budgetary and cost control system of a firm in building services industry and to propose practical alternatives to improve it." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4212816X.

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Roksana, Kaniz. "Women in Male-Dominated Industry :The Construction Industry : A Study of Women's Disinterest, Professional & Social Barriers, Walkout from Construction Industry." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-42904.

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Problem: Many women experience problems when trying to enter the construction industry and perceive several barriers in professional practice. As a result, day by day women are losing their interest in building their career within this male-dominated industry and diverting towards other professions. The fact that women are showing less interest to work within construction industry and leaving the industry has been found as a major problem. Since in this male dominated industry around ninety percent labour are men and expecting a large numbers of retirement in the future, therefore today’s construction industry has a strong demand for labour. The construction industry’s representatives want to increase the number of women in this trade, but because of the previous reputation and discriminatory work environment it’s become difficult to attract more women. Therefore, to enhance the participation of women in construction trades, it is necessary to understand women’s perceptions about the nature of work and level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the job. It is also important to know what kind of changes in the work environment can motivate women not to leave this industry? How to eliminate the barriers in professional practice? Purpose: This thesis explores the current position of women in construction industry, and seeks to identify the reasons of women’s disinterest about the industry, job satisfaction and the barriers (professional and social) that compel women to think to change career and leave the construction industry. Method: This study has been performed through a qualitative interview study based on themes, on the subject of women in male-dominated industry. The research data is collected by conducting semi-structured interviews with professionals from Sweden, the USA, Canada, Latvia, Greece, The Netherlands and Bangladesh. The participants were active within the construction industry, and had the designation of project manager, construction engineer or structural engineer. To analysis the data in this research the Thematic Analysis approach has been adopted. Findings: The interviewed women stated that the unpleasant work environment, gender discriminatory behaviours from the male colleagues, less career development opportunities, unfair promotion system and unequal salary compel them to rethink about their career choice and leave the construction industry. The results of this study showed that the barriers women face in professional practice also depends on the geographical position and societal culture.

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Mwamadzingo, Mohammed. "The interaction of universities and industry in science and technology in Kenya." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321477.

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Varqa, Sathia. "The impact of reform of the coffee industry in Kenya on small and large farmers." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/465.

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Underdevelopment is a major problem facing many developing countries around the world. Market mechanisms have increasingly been employed in an attempt to overcome the problem of underdevelopment such as low growth and poverty; however the implementation of market centred policies has raised other problems such as institutional mechanisms and the quality of governance within the institutions designed to implement the market oriented policies. This thesis attempts to throw some light on these problems by investigating the case of liberalisation in the Kenyan coffee industry. The thesis concentrates on the question of the extent to which the liberalisation program sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Government of Kenya (GOK) has been effective in creating an efficiently functioning market within the coffee sector in particular and the Kenyan macro-economy in general. The research finds that on the whole the liberalisation program targeted at the coffee sector has failed to take into account the institutional conditions and the extent of state centred features like rent seeking and centralised decision makings powers within the coffee sector prior to implementing the liberalisation program. The resulting market arrangement has therefore adversely affected the program’s intended recipients, particularly at the level of cooperative institution where the interests of the small-scale farmers are represented. The thesis will elaborate more on this and relate its findings to the macro-economic view of Kenya. The conclusion shows that in order for the Kenyan economy to break free from the problems of underdevelopment and to generate sustainable rates of growth, more attention must be given to improving the quality of governance and to developing a credible set of institutions to support and execute market-friendly economic policies. Good quality governance represented by accountability, transparency, rule of law, stability and efficiency appears to be the missing ingredient in making Kenya a successful economy.

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Cho, Kab Rae. "U.S. construction as a potential market for Korean international construction industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44653.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1986.
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Esbin, Howard Bennett. "Carving lives from stone : visual literacy in an African cottage industry." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0017/NQ44422.pdf.

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Ayus, Abdul Mohaimin Bin Noordin. "Building contract claims a comparative study (Scotland, England and Malaysia) /." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 1992. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=59638.

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Larrabee, Richard A. "An analysis of mechanical and electrical construction competencies in the Wisconsin and Minnesota construction industry." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2007/2007larrabeer.pdf.

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Hung, Wan-choi. "A study of construction noise and development of statutory control in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21301815.

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Kang, Jiansen. "A study of constructability implementation in the Hong Kong construction industry /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949895.

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Tang, Wai-kuen Raymond. "Cost management for building contractors in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31601212.

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Li, Wai-chung Rachel. "Effectiveness of safety management system on Hong Kong construction industry under factories and industrial undertakings (safety management) regulation." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2006. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37938411.

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Yue, Tsz-kit. "A new value management methodology for the Hong Kong construction industry." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2005. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37936967.

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Lee, Wing-cheong Simon. "Adoption of pre-cast elements in the construction industry in Hong Kong in the last decade an analysis of its effect on construction quality and programme /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36789379.

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Chau, Kwong-wing. "Total factor productivity of the building industry of Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1990. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12997924.

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Wong, Lok-wah. "Organizational forms in the building services industry in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12317627.

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S, Seering Jesse. "Analysis of the need for skilled workers in the construction industry." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008seeringj.pdf.

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Wan, Mun-wah. "An environmental analysis of the construction industry." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42128262.

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Morrow, Tommy Kirk. "Effects of selected practices on project cost performances /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Koskela, Lauri. "An exploration towards a production theory and its application to construction /." Espoo : Technical Research Centre of Finland, 2000. http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/publications/2000/P408.pdf.

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Cheung, Siu-Lui Lizzie. "Risk-taking behaviours of Hong Kong construction workers /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2594860x.

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Rudolph, John. "Quality management and rework in the construction industry." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09192009-040324/.

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Akcamete, Asli. "Country Risk Assessment In The Construction Industry." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12608086/index.pdf.

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Every business involves risk, but due to its nature, construction business involves more risk than many other industries. Therefore, risk assessment is indispensable to the success of construction companies in terms of, preventing dramatic financial losses. When the decision process for expanding the operations in the international construction market is concerned, it becomes more important for companies to analyze the risk of the target country. For this reason, construction firms benefit from many different risk assessment methods. Contractors prevalent practice of risk assessment is identifying related risks and making an evaluation relying on their personal judgments (without substantial explicit support), but none of the applied methods is construction specific. To overcome this, a construction specific country Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) is prepared. While preparing this construction specific RBS, not only macro level country risks but also market risks for construction are considered in order to reflect the real risks of performing construction business in foreign countries. Consequently, a tentative country RBS specific for construction industry is constructed and its reliability is tested by interviews carried out with six professionals from four Turkish construction companies operating in international markets. After finalization of the RBS, utilization method of practical aspects of RBS is questioned by interviewing the experts. Finally, a case study is conducted to propose a company-specific system for iv the implementation of RBS. The case study findings demonstrate the applicability of RBS and its potential as a systematic country risk assessment tool.

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Cockerill, John Ellison. "The construction industry in Belfast 1800-1914." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.482111.

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Fung, Kit-wing Eric, and 馮傑榮. "Decision making style in the construction industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3126489X.

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Wan, Mun-wah, and 溫曼華. "An environmental analysis of the construction industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42128262.

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Yiu, W. Y., and 姚泳儀. "Life cycle assessment in the construction industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42576039.

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Amin, Hamad, and Hussein Al-Haddad. "Ethics and responsibility within the construction industry." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-147372.

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All people face moral choices, it can be in private life, work, school or daily life. There are often rules and laws that guide us and declare how we should act in a specific situation. But how should we act in the "gray zone”, where there are no clear guidelines and rules, where the boundaries between right and wrong are not so clear. Like other industries, the construction industry is subjected to moral problems, and it is not always obvious what is right and wrong. Ethics and responsibility have become more important in the construction industry in the last years. Today, people have higher demands on their work situation and are more likely to pay attention to irregularities. Many construction companies are working with ethical issues, and develop systems and strategies in order to achieve better ethical actions. The thesis is about ethics and responsibility in the construction industry. The thesis investigates problems and practical cases that have connections to ethical and moral issues. That has been done by choosing five different fields. These fields are “Environmental Threats”, “Gender”, “Security and accidents”, “Corruption”, and “Procurement and Tende r”. Each field consists of a background part where facts and information are presented, after this a case is presented that represents an ethical problem for each field. The study also investigates which factors that the construction industry should work with in order to achieve better ethical actions. This part is mainly based on interviews with researchers and people that are active in the construction industry.

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