Project Management Practices and Performance of Government Construction Projects in Tanzania: A Case Study of Five Regions


International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies
© 2024 by IRJEMS
Volume 3  Issue 10
Year of Publication : 2024
Authors : Dr. Aniceth Kato Mpanju
irjems doi : 10.56472/25835238/IRJEMS-V3I10P113

Citation:

Dr. Aniceth Kato Mpanju. "Project Management Practices and Performance of Government Construction Projects in Tanzania: A Case Study of Five Regions" International Research Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 3, No. 10, pp. 113-123, 2024.

Abstract:

This study examines the effect of project management practices on the performance of public construction projects in Tanzania, taking Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Morogooro and Pwani regions as our case study. The study used the descriptive research approach to monitor the performance of construction projects in the aforementioned regions. Purposive sampling and simple random sampling were the sampling techniques used in this investigation. IBM’s Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program (version 24.0) was used to import the data. Descriptive statistics like frequency and percentage were the main tools used in this study’s data analysis. Additionally, multiple regression, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and Pearson correlation were applied. According to the study’s results, the performance of projects in Tanzania’s construction industry was positively and significantly impacted by resource scheduling, project management, project communication management, and monitoring and evaluating projects. The study recommends that firms should have a project management plan which will be initiated by the project managers to be used as a project tool/devise in the execution and monitoring phases. All project managers must strike a balance between overstaffing and understaffing and make sure that they have a sufficient number of project team members.

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Keywords:

Communication; Project Management; Project Performance; Resource Scheduling.