Stakeholder management challenges on ppp projects in Ghana
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2021-06-29
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Public infrastructures like roads, schools, rail way systems etc. in Public Private Partnership
(PPP) process has been able to attain an international acknowledgement. In Ghana stakeholder
management under such projects have become a key talk currently. This study turns to throw
light on stakeholder management challenges on PPP projects in Ghana. There were two
objectives that supported this study, these objective were to identify stakeholder management
challenges on PPP projects in Ghana, and to identify strategies to ensure effective stakeholder
management on PPP projects. The study targeted five (5) PPP projects in Accra, and these were:
Accra city project, Construction of office of the Head of the Local government service, Redevelopment of salaga market, Re-development of Tuesday market and the Makola market, in
which fifty (50) questionnaires which was the sample size, were distributed to respondents on the
various projects mentioned. Construction professionals were the main focus of the various PPP
projects selected. Data was analyzed using the Relative Importance Index. A data of forty (40)
were gathered after the distribution of questionnaires, the analysis of data was conducted using
the number of data gathered. Results from the first objective includes: Ineffective coordination
among project management team and stakeholders, the lack of addressing general public views,
lack of stakeholder engagement, lack of staff capability in PPP project delivery and also,
inappropriate relationship management. The factors mentioned are the key challenges on PPP
projects mentioned by respondents. Factors selected mainly by respondents under the second
objective was: PPP project managers must also involve stakeholders when making decisions and
must also involve them in the project process, management must address stakeholder issues very
well and also ensure that the needs of stakeholders are considered when undertaking projects,
effective coordination among project management team and stakeholders and lastly managers
handling PPP projects must also listen and respond well to the needs of stakeholders. These were
strategies suggested by the study and also ranked high by respondents to diminish challenges
affecting PPP project and also to support successful delivery of PPP projects. The study went
into an in-depth research to gather the challenges and strategies in this study, and based on the
in-depth knowledge of respondents, part of these factors were selected as most effective. Taking
this into consideration, the aim of the study was achieved successfully
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, in partial fulfilment the requirements
for the Award Degree of
Master of Science in Project Management.
Keywords
Stakeholder management, Challenges on ppp projects, Ghana