Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2018-0016
Enhancing the performance of architectural design firms through addressing the gap of workforce skills in developing countries: a good-to-great approach
Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman
orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-3885
; Architectural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt (BUE), El Shorouk City, Cairo Suez Desert Road, Postal No. 11837, P.O. Box 43, Egypt
Dana Ashraf Sokkar
; Architectural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt (BUE), El Shorouk City, Cairo Suez Desert Road, Postal No. 11837, P.O. Box 43, Egypt;
Abstract
The aim of this research is to investigate the role
of the good-to-great concept as an approach for enhancing
the performance of architectural design firms (ADFs)
through addressing the gap of workforce skills in developing
countries. To achieve this aim, a research methodology
was designed to accomplish four objectives: (1) building a
comprehensive background about the topic through covering
the nature of the construction industry, gap of workforce
skills, previous approaches used to address this issue
and the good-to-great concept; (2) presenting and analyzing
two case studies to investigate the role of the good-togreat
concept as an approach to fill the gap of workforce
skills in organizations; (3) investigating the perception and
application of the good-to-great concept for addressing
the gap of workforce skills to enhance the performance of
ADFs and (4) developing a framework to enhance the performance
of ADFs through bridging the gap of workforce
skills in ADFs using the good-to-great concept. Findings
of this research showed that the issue of gap of workforce
skills threatens all types of industries including construction
industry. The demand of ADFs became greater than
the supply of skilled employees which indicates a critical
issue encountered by these firms. Thus, the good-to-great
concept that has never been adopted in ADFs before is proposed
as a novel approach to tackle this issue.
Keywords
gap of workforce skills; performance management; good-to-great concept; architectural design firms; developing countries
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224582
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Publication date:
1.2.2019.
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