Browsing by Author "Williams, Justice"

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    A Conceptual Framework of Knowledge Transfer from The Construction Company To the Host Community
    (10th cidb Postgraduate Conference, 2018-02-25) Williams, Justice; Fugar, Frank Desmond Kofi; Adinyira, Emmanuel
    Knowledge transfer and management in organizations throughout the world is a competitive advantage. It is what the organization knows, how it uses what it knows and how fast it can discover something new, be it in acquisition of technology for innovation, or business activities development, studies have been undertaken in this area to examine knowledge transfer and management process in the organisation. But little is known about the effectiveness of knowledge transfer by construction companies to the project host communities. Therefore, this paper builds on existing concepts of knowledge transfer and diffusion of new ideas and offers a conceptual framework of knowledge transfer and its diffusion from the construction industry to the project host community. The conceptual framework identifies stages of Knowledge conversion and diffusion and factors that are expected to enable the transfer process at different stages. The framework also shows the inter-relation between Knowledge transfer and diffusion by combining the theory of Nonaka & Takeuchi on knowledge creation and shearing with Everett Rogers’s innovation decision theory. This has been achieved by first, reviewing and discussing theories relating to diffusion of new idea (NI) and knowledge transfer (KT). Secondly, the paper evaluates the interrelation between knowledge transfer and diffusion of new ideas. Thirdly, it establishes a connection between knowledge transfer and diffusion of new ideas. Finally, it brings the latter in the context of construction industry. This paper has demonstrated that a construction firm that is able to create and improve its Knowledge base and transfer such new Knowledge to the community in which it finds itself, would have much collaboration and a peaceful atmosphere to carry out its corporate goals or complete its project within schedule.
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    The Contribution of Building Clients to a Safer Ghanaian Building Industry
    (November, 2015 ) Williams, Justice
    The construction industry in Ghana has a long reputation of its poor safety records. However there has been significant improvement in its safety performance recently. These improvements are partly due to the concerted endeavours of different parties like clients. Even though there has been much participation from clients in helping reduce the number of accidents on project site, clients should start to understand their role in safety as an initiator, as well as the sponsor in most of the circumstances. Majority of the existing data supported the proposition that clients do not like involvement in safety. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating into the contributions of building clients in making the Ghanaian building industry safer in Accra, in the Greater Accra region. The role of clients from the public and private sectors in project safety performance is studied in this research. The relationship between project safety performance in terms of the clients and contractor is examined. Questionnaire were distributed to both private, public clients and contractors and interviews conducted when necessary. Construction practitioners were the primary source of data collected for this research. Based on the analysis of the result of this research, it was found that clients do not provide additional funds for safety in construction project. It was recommended that clients should enforce safety regulations at all times from the inception to the completion of projects.