Title: Classifying the attributes of the competent Greek construction project manager

Authors: Georgios N. Aretoulis; Konstantinos Zapounidis; Panagiotis Papaioannou; Aikaterini A. Seridou

Addresses: School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece ' School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece ' School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece ' Government Employee, Judicial and Legal Support Department, Taxation of S.A. Enterprises, Greek Ministry of Finance, Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to highlight the attributes of the competent construction project manager and propose representative groups of these construction project managers' characteristics. Forty-seven required attributes of a PM were identified and prioritised through a questionnaire survey that recorded 305 responses from project engineers. IBM SPSS was used to apply cluster and factor analysis and identified representative groups of attributes. The number of proposed groups was based on an effort to verify the findings from both factor and cluster analysis and facilitate the interpretation of results. The latter approach led to 15 groups of attributes. The research results reflect the views and conceptions of Greek engineers regarding the profile of the competent construction project manager, based on their professional experience. Research identified a set of fundamental, value-added, latent attributes which could serve as criteria for the selection of the most competent project manager in a more practical, objective, reliable and more easily assessable way.

Keywords: construction projects; project managers; management competencies; cluster analysis; factor analysis; attributes grouping; Greece; construction industry; project management; competent managers; professional experience.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2015.074017

International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2015 Vol.14 No.4, pp.304 - 344

Received: 27 Jul 2015
Accepted: 28 Oct 2015
Published online: 02 Jan 2016 *

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