Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment, 2018
Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful ... more Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful delivery of Multifarious Infrastructure Projects’ (MIPs) and other projects. This study appraised current approaches to governance of MIPs’ delivery in Nigeria with the aim of identifying and proffering solutions to governance challenges the projects encounter. The study was conducted through literature review and semi-structured interviews with key role players who participated in the governance of eight out of thirty - five MIPs at different locations in the country followed by thematic data analysis. The study discovered that governance of MIPs’ delivery in Nigeria was done haphazardly.Two of the studied MIPs failed due to their intuitive initiation on the basis of political exigencies,tying theirfunding to erratic sources of funds andunwarranted scope changeswhile another MIP failed due change of government.Protests by some stakeholders; delayed decisions; political considerations an...
Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2018
The linkage of failures of many projects, including Large Infrastructure Projects (LIPs), to gove... more The linkage of failures of many projects, including Large Infrastructure Projects (LIPs), to governance problems by previous studies implies that governance impacts projects' performance. Identification and understanding of the impacts have therefore become necessary in order to ensure that projects are governed in a way that will ensure their successful delivery. This study assessed impact of governance on delivery of Large Infrastructure Projects (LIPs) through a three phase research approach. The first phase involved literature review followed by semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders/role players in the governance of eight LIPs in different locations in Nigeria in the second phase. A thematic data analysis of the study's findings was finally conducted in the third phase to identify themes and sub-themes after which conclusions were drawn. The study established that governance impacts LIPs delivery both positively and negatively depending on how the governance is approached. Four LIPs were successful due to proper initiation, setting aside funds for the projects at the onset, proactive risk management, top management support, and simple governance policies and structures. Intuitive initiation on political exigencies, tying funding to erratic sources of funding without contingency arrangement, Procuring Authorities' (PAs) disregard for due process and consultants' advice, failure of a Procuring Authority (PA) to meet contractual obligations and change of government were identified by the study as major governance aspects that led to the abandonment of 4LIPs. The study concluded that there was a need for significant improvement and standardisation of approaches to governance of LIPs particularly in developing countries like Nigeria and accordingly recommends the development of a governance framework containing guidelines, including sanctions for violators, to guide the governance of the projects in the country.
Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2019
Effective Stakeholder Management (ESM) has been identified as one of the key requirements for suc... more Effective Stakeholder Management (ESM) has been identified as one of the key requirements for successful project delivery by several scholars. This study, aimed at improving the chances of achieving successful Multifarious Infrastructure Projects’ (MIPs) delivery in Nigeria, was conducted through literature review, questionnaire survey and Relative Importance Index (RII) method of data analysis. The study identified 39 barriers to ESM in the delivery of MIPs in Nigeria, evaluated their respective impacts on projects’ delivery and ranked the barriers in ascending order of their respective impact levels. Failure to understand stakeholders’ needs and expectations, uncooperative attitude of stakeholders, failure to identify key stakeholders, failure to identify potential conflict areas, project manager’s poor knowledge of stakeholder management (SM), late identification of stakeholders, issuance of incorrect information to stakeholders, lack of stakeholder engagement/involvement, confli...
Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment, 2019
Many projects were known to have failed due to ineffective stakeholder management. This study inv... more Many projects were known to have failed due to ineffective stakeholder management. This study investigated views of Project Managers (who participated in the delivery of Multifarious Infrastructure Projects (MIPs) in north eastern and north western regions of Nigeria) on barriers to Effective Stakeholder Management (ESM) in MIPs delivery in Nigeria. The study was conducted with the aim of preventing or at least minimising the projects' failure rates due to ineffective stakeholder management. Extensive literature review, questionnaire survey, and Relative Importance Index (RII) analysis methods were used to conduct the study. Barriers to ESM in the projects' delivery were identified and ranked according to the project managers' perceptions on their respective levels of influence against ESM. The study discovered that barriers with different levels of impact inhibit effective stakeholder management in MIPs delivery. Client's Uncooperative Attitude; Failure to Identify ...
Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful ... more Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful delivery of Multifarious Infrastructure Projects' (MIPs) and other projects. This study appraised current approaches to governance of MIPs' delivery in Nigeria with the aim of identifying and proffering solutions to governance challenges the projects encounter. The study was conducted through literature review and semi-structured interviews with key role players who participated in the governance of eight out of thirty-five MIPs at different locations in the country followed by thematic data analysis. The study discovered that governance of MIPs' delivery in Nigeria was done haphazardly.Two of the studied MIPs failed due to their intuitive initiation on the basis of political exigencies,tying theirfunding to erratic sources of funds andunwarranted scope changeswhile another MIP failed due change of government.Protests by some stakeholders; delayed decisions; political considerations and alleged corruptionin the award of contracts; bankruptcy of a contractor;refusal of members of a host community of an MIP to allow the MIP to take off unless they were settled; conflict between some role players and so forthaffected the delivery of other five MIPs.The study concluded that MIPs' governance as practiced in Nigeria today does not support effective delivery of the projects and recommends the development and effective implementation of a uniformly accepted governance framework to guide MIP's governance.
Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful ... more Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful delivery of Multifarious Infrastructure Projects' (MIPs) and other projects. This study appraised current approaches to governance of MIPs' delivery in Nigeria with the aim of identifying and proffering solutions to governance challenges the projects encounter. The study was conducted through literature review and semi-structured interviews with key role players who participated in the governance of eight out of thirty-five MIPs at different locations in the country followed by thematic data analysis. The study discovered that governance of MIPs' delivery in Nigeria was done haphazardly.Two of the studied MIPs failed due to their intuitive initiation on the basis of political exigencies,tying theirfunding to erratic sources of funds andunwarranted scope changeswhile another MIP failed due change of government.Protests by some stakeholders; delayed decisions; political considerations and alleged corruptionin the award of contracts; bankruptcy of a contractor;refusal of members of a host community of an MIP to allow the MIP to take off unless they were settled; conflict between some role players and so forthaffected the delivery of other five MIPs.The study concluded that MIPs' governance as practiced in Nigeria today does not support effective delivery of the projects and recommends the development and effective implementation of a uniformly accepted governance framework to guide MIP's governance.
Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment, 2018
Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful ... more Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful delivery of Multifarious Infrastructure Projects’ (MIPs) and other projects. This study appraised current approaches to governance of MIPs’ delivery in Nigeria with the aim of identifying and proffering solutions to governance challenges the projects encounter. The study was conducted through literature review and semi-structured interviews with key role players who participated in the governance of eight out of thirty - five MIPs at different locations in the country followed by thematic data analysis. The study discovered that governance of MIPs’ delivery in Nigeria was done haphazardly.Two of the studied MIPs failed due to their intuitive initiation on the basis of political exigencies,tying theirfunding to erratic sources of funds andunwarranted scope changeswhile another MIP failed due change of government.Protests by some stakeholders; delayed decisions; political considerations an...
Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2018
The linkage of failures of many projects, including Large Infrastructure Projects (LIPs), to gove... more The linkage of failures of many projects, including Large Infrastructure Projects (LIPs), to governance problems by previous studies implies that governance impacts projects' performance. Identification and understanding of the impacts have therefore become necessary in order to ensure that projects are governed in a way that will ensure their successful delivery. This study assessed impact of governance on delivery of Large Infrastructure Projects (LIPs) through a three phase research approach. The first phase involved literature review followed by semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders/role players in the governance of eight LIPs in different locations in Nigeria in the second phase. A thematic data analysis of the study's findings was finally conducted in the third phase to identify themes and sub-themes after which conclusions were drawn. The study established that governance impacts LIPs delivery both positively and negatively depending on how the governance is approached. Four LIPs were successful due to proper initiation, setting aside funds for the projects at the onset, proactive risk management, top management support, and simple governance policies and structures. Intuitive initiation on political exigencies, tying funding to erratic sources of funding without contingency arrangement, Procuring Authorities' (PAs) disregard for due process and consultants' advice, failure of a Procuring Authority (PA) to meet contractual obligations and change of government were identified by the study as major governance aspects that led to the abandonment of 4LIPs. The study concluded that there was a need for significant improvement and standardisation of approaches to governance of LIPs particularly in developing countries like Nigeria and accordingly recommends the development of a governance framework containing guidelines, including sanctions for violators, to guide the governance of the projects in the country.
Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2019
Effective Stakeholder Management (ESM) has been identified as one of the key requirements for suc... more Effective Stakeholder Management (ESM) has been identified as one of the key requirements for successful project delivery by several scholars. This study, aimed at improving the chances of achieving successful Multifarious Infrastructure Projects’ (MIPs) delivery in Nigeria, was conducted through literature review, questionnaire survey and Relative Importance Index (RII) method of data analysis. The study identified 39 barriers to ESM in the delivery of MIPs in Nigeria, evaluated their respective impacts on projects’ delivery and ranked the barriers in ascending order of their respective impact levels. Failure to understand stakeholders’ needs and expectations, uncooperative attitude of stakeholders, failure to identify key stakeholders, failure to identify potential conflict areas, project manager’s poor knowledge of stakeholder management (SM), late identification of stakeholders, issuance of incorrect information to stakeholders, lack of stakeholder engagement/involvement, confli...
Arid Zone Journal of Engineering, Technology and Environment, 2019
Many projects were known to have failed due to ineffective stakeholder management. This study inv... more Many projects were known to have failed due to ineffective stakeholder management. This study investigated views of Project Managers (who participated in the delivery of Multifarious Infrastructure Projects (MIPs) in north eastern and north western regions of Nigeria) on barriers to Effective Stakeholder Management (ESM) in MIPs delivery in Nigeria. The study was conducted with the aim of preventing or at least minimising the projects' failure rates due to ineffective stakeholder management. Extensive literature review, questionnaire survey, and Relative Importance Index (RII) analysis methods were used to conduct the study. Barriers to ESM in the projects' delivery were identified and ranked according to the project managers' perceptions on their respective levels of influence against ESM. The study discovered that barriers with different levels of impact inhibit effective stakeholder management in MIPs delivery. Client's Uncooperative Attitude; Failure to Identify ...
Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful ... more Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful delivery of Multifarious Infrastructure Projects' (MIPs) and other projects. This study appraised current approaches to governance of MIPs' delivery in Nigeria with the aim of identifying and proffering solutions to governance challenges the projects encounter. The study was conducted through literature review and semi-structured interviews with key role players who participated in the governance of eight out of thirty-five MIPs at different locations in the country followed by thematic data analysis. The study discovered that governance of MIPs' delivery in Nigeria was done haphazardly.Two of the studied MIPs failed due to their intuitive initiation on the basis of political exigencies,tying theirfunding to erratic sources of funds andunwarranted scope changeswhile another MIP failed due change of government.Protests by some stakeholders; delayed decisions; political considerations and alleged corruptionin the award of contracts; bankruptcy of a contractor;refusal of members of a host community of an MIP to allow the MIP to take off unless they were settled; conflict between some role players and so forthaffected the delivery of other five MIPs.The study concluded that MIPs' governance as practiced in Nigeria today does not support effective delivery of the projects and recommends the development and effective implementation of a uniformly accepted governance framework to guide MIP's governance.
Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful ... more Ineffective governance has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting successful delivery of Multifarious Infrastructure Projects' (MIPs) and other projects. This study appraised current approaches to governance of MIPs' delivery in Nigeria with the aim of identifying and proffering solutions to governance challenges the projects encounter. The study was conducted through literature review and semi-structured interviews with key role players who participated in the governance of eight out of thirty-five MIPs at different locations in the country followed by thematic data analysis. The study discovered that governance of MIPs' delivery in Nigeria was done haphazardly.Two of the studied MIPs failed due to their intuitive initiation on the basis of political exigencies,tying theirfunding to erratic sources of funds andunwarranted scope changeswhile another MIP failed due change of government.Protests by some stakeholders; delayed decisions; political considerations and alleged corruptionin the award of contracts; bankruptcy of a contractor;refusal of members of a host community of an MIP to allow the MIP to take off unless they were settled; conflict between some role players and so forthaffected the delivery of other five MIPs.The study concluded that MIPs' governance as practiced in Nigeria today does not support effective delivery of the projects and recommends the development and effective implementation of a uniformly accepted governance framework to guide MIP's governance.
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