Barriers to effective project communication: a case Study of Adonai Shipping Chandelling Project for Tullow Ghana Limited
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2021
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Abstract
Several projects suffer from project communication management issues including the
oil exploration companies. This research was conducted with the aim of exploring the
barriers to effective project communication between services companies and oil
exploration companies. The objectives to the study are; to identify the communication
channels employed in ship chandelling project; to determine the communication
barriers in ship chandelling project; and to investigate mechanisms for enhancing
effective communication in ship chandelling. Questionnaire survey was employed in
this research. Out of the 123 questionnaires distributed, 111 were collected and
considered valid. On the channels employed in chandelling project, the study revealed
that the Staff of Adonai chandelling has largely used telephone communication
medium, WhatsApp, e-mail, and text messages as means of communication. On the
communication barriers in ship chandelling project, the study revealed that, inability
to determine project stakeholders’ needs for information, inability to determine
communication channels, insufficient interaction between team members and
inappropriate communication media. Mechanisms for enhancing effective
communication as found from the study include the creation of a communication
process through which information must be sent and received, informing ships about
new products and explains the use of the product properly, and the creation of
communication strategy to enhance onshore and offshore dealings. The study
recommended designing an appropriate communication model for the shipping
industry in Ghana withy focus on a most of the operators in the shipping industry.
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A Thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management,
College of Art and Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science in Project Management,
Keywords
Barriers, Effective, Project communication., Adonai Shipping Chandelling Project, Tullow Ghana Limited