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VOL. 9, ISSUE 4 (2024)
Project management failure: Causes and remedial measures
Authors
Dickson Shacholi
Abstract
The study assesses the
causes of project management failures and the remedial measures to addressing
the phenomenon in Zambia. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was
employed. The study’s population comprised of project managers and project team
members involved in implementation of the organizational projects in Zambia
public sector organizations. With a purposive sampling technique, data was
collected from 94 respondents using the Krejcie and Morgan (1970) [14]
formula. Findings of the study revealed ineffective communication, budget
constraints, unforeseen changes in scope, team conflict, impractical project
deadlines as the causes of project implementation failures in Zambia public
sector organizations. It was also found that effective communication skill,
adequate budget, well defined scope, good relationships among team members,
achievable deadlines were the imperative measures to curb project
implementation project management failures in public sector organizations of
Zambia Recommends, limitations and directions for future studies were discussed.
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Pages:81-86
How to cite this article:
Dickson Shacholi "Project management failure: Causes and remedial measures". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 9, Issue 4, 2024, Pages 81-86
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