Assessing the impact of teamwork on project success in the real estate industry in Ghana

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2021-07-13
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In today's society, there have been so much emphasis on pride and personal achievement at the work place. Where by the concept of teamwork seems to be overlooked by managers and employees, due to this management sees less essence of teamwork as a major tool of performance which has led them to poor performance and productivity in the industry market. The aim of this study was therefore to assess the impact of teamwork on the success of projects in the real estate sector in Ghana. The study therefore explored and investigated the following: to identify the key characteristics of teamwork in the real estate industry in Ghana; to identify the positive effects of teamwork on employees of real estate industries in Ghana; and to identify the negative effects of teamwork on employees of real estate industries in Ghana. This study employed the purposive sampling in collecting primary data from the respondents of 62 professionals around the Real Estate industry. The relative importance index and the one sample t test as well as the mean score ranking analytical tools aided in the realization of the findings of the study. The findings indicate that there are some pertinent teamwork characteristics of professionals into the real estate practice. Also, there are some key positive and negative effects of teamwork on the practitioners in the real estate industry. It was concluded that, the characteristics identified bring to knowledge the sections or aspects which can be utilized effectively to the advantage of the practitioners and the success of the project as a whole. Teamwork has influence on the employees and the output of the team and the study outlined the best measures to handle the positive and negative impacts to yield the expected results as a team. The study therefore recommend that the real estate practitioners consider the relevance of the team composition for a task since they can pose a positive or negative effect on the success of the projects they engage in.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art Built Environment in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science.
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Assessing, Impact, Team work, Real Estate
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