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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SUCCESS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT AMONGST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN MALAYSIA: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

CHAN Wai Kuen, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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Assoc Prof Dr Suhaiza ZAILANI, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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Factors Influencing the Success of Project Management amongst Manufacturing Companies in Malaysia: A Conceptual Framework

ABSTRACT

The project management process is complex, usually required extensive and collective attention to a broad aspect of human, budgetary and technical variables. In addition, projects often possess a specialized set of critical success factors in which if addressed and attention given will improve the likelihood of successful implementation. On the other hand if these factors were not taken seriously might lead to the failure of the project management. As projects are being used widely in the manufacturing industry, it is therefore, vital to identify factors that contribute to the successful implementation of project and to identify the factors’ relative importance as the project journeyed throughout its life cycle. This paper, therefore, identifies what are the influencing factors for the success of the project, particularly in the Malaysian context. Being a conceptual paper, this paper provides a framework that identifies the factors for the project success. The framework is expected to be tested empirically using data from manufacturing firms in Malaysia.

INTRODUCTION

The manufacturing sector has been the engine of the growth of the Malaysian economy for the past 30 decades. This is seen by the steady growth of new investments and re-investments by multinational corporations (MNC) particularly in the electrical and electronic sector as well as local

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