5. Results and dicussion
The results of the survey were analysed by descrip-
tive statistics, and have been organised in two main
sections. The ®rst section addresses the ®rst objective
of the study. This presents various distributions associ-
ated with the general background, academic develop-
ment and experience of practising project managers in
construction. The second section presents summarised
attitudes of the respondents regarding the relative im-
portance of the various factors for developing and
maintaining eective project management competency.
5.1. Developing construction PM competency
5.1.1. General background
Figs. 3±5 present general information relating to the
respondents. Fig. 3 shows the distribution of respon-
dents by size of organisation, (using number of
employees as proxy for size of organisation). This indi-
cates that the outcome of the survey re¯ects all size
categories of construction organisations. The lessons
from the study should therefore have relevance to both
large and small organisations within construction.
Fig. 4 depicts the age distribution of project managers.