Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of virtual team in Nigerian construction industry
et | 14 mars 2017
À propos de cet article
Article Category: Research Article
Publié en ligne: 14 mars 2017
Pages: 1422 - 1428
Reçu: 22 mars 2016
Accepté: 17 juin 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/otmcj-2016-0003
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© 2016 Tawakalitu Bisola Odubiyi et al., published by De Gruyter Open
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External factors.
| Decision making | 3.73 | 3.57 | |
| Client satisfaction | 3.58 | 3.54 | |
| Cohesion | 3.54 | 3.22 | |
| Opportunities | Time-to-market | 3.51 | 3.42 |
| Knowledge capture | 3.5 | 3.32 | |
| Productivity | 3.45 | 3.53 | |
| Resistance to changes | 3.39 | 3.23 | |
| Integration of talents | 3.36 | 3.39 | |
| Delivery time | 3.28 | 3.55 | |
| Effectiveness | 3.74 | 3.57 | |
| Performance | 3.7 | 3.51 | |
| Technical application | 3.57 | 3.44 | |
| Infidelity | 3.56 | 3.42 | |
| Threats | Organizational barrier | 3.55 | 3.4 |
| Participants’ perception | 3.44 | 3.39 | |
| Accuracy | 3.25 | 3.08 | |
| Cultural differences | 3.18 | 2.98 | |
SWOT Analysis Matrix (Whalley 2010).
| Opportunities | How do I use these strengths to take advantage of these opportunities? | How do I overcome the weaknesses that prevent me from taking advantage of these opportunities? |
| Threats | How do I use my strengths to reduce the impact of threats? | How do I address the weaknesses that will make these threats a reality? |
Analysis of questionnaire.
| Profession | Quantity surveyor | 7 |
| Architect | 5 | |
| Builder | 3 | |
| Civil engineer | 5 | |
| Contracting | 12 | |
| Consulting | 6 | |
| Organization | Government | 2 |
| 1–5 years | 7 | |
| 6–10 years | 5 | |
| 11–15 years | 1 | |
| 16–20 years | 2 | |
| 21–30 years | 4 | |
| Year of experience | 31 years and above | 1 |
| Very high | 7 | |
| High | 6 | |
| Level of knowledge | Average | 3 |
| Low | 3 | |
| Very low | 1 |
Internal factors.
| Strengths | Communication | 3.78 | 3.92 |
| Decision making | 3.67 | 3.79 | |
| Operation flexibility | 3.64 | 3.69 | |
| Coordination | 3.63 | 3.67 | |
| Trust | 3.52 | 3.61 | |
| Leadership | 3.48 | 3.58 | |
| Managing creativity | 3.45 | 3.55 | |
| Operation forecast | 3.32 | 3.31 | |
| Special training | 3.71 | 3.71 | |
| Conflict | 3.48 | 3.48 | |
| Weaknesses | Client's acceptances | 3.47 | 3.47 |
| Employee schedule | 3.42 | 3.42 | |
| Decreased monitoring | 3.39 | 3.39 | |
| Work diversity | 3.35 | 3.35 | |
| Technophobia | 3.24 | 3.24 | |