Evaluating the level of awareness on lean thinking concept in construction among higher learning students in Malaysia

Lean construction has implemented throughout the construction industry in order to smoothen the construction project and increase the contractor’s profit by eliminating waste. There is a study has conducted for determining the barriers in implementing the lean construction approach in Malaysia and t...

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Main Author:	Tabatabaee, Sanaz
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	HD Industries Land use Labor
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/41626/1/SanazTabatabaeeMFKA2014.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.416262017-09-11T06:29:14Z Evaluating the level of awareness on lean thinking concept in construction among higher learning students in Malaysia 2014-01 Tabatabaee, Sanaz HD Industries. Land use. Labor Lean construction has implemented throughout the construction industry in order to smoothen the construction project and increase the contractor’s profit by eliminating waste. There is a study has conducted for determining the barriers in implementing the lean construction approach in Malaysia and the results show that most critical barriers are lack of knowledge on lean concept and lack of commitment from management. According to the literature, there are five important factors that a manager have to focus: improvement culture, self-development, qualification, Gemba, and target management. In terms of knowledge, all parties should know about the lean principles, lean construction techniques and causes of waste. This study focuses on these factors to investigate the level of knowledge on lean construction and leadership factors among the postgraduate students before joining to the construction industry. The results show that although “construction management” students almost know about lean thinking, there is lacked of knowledge among the other postgraduate students from faculty of civil engineering and built environment of UTM. Moreover, “construction management” students are fully aware their commitments in implementing lean construction. 2014-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/41626/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/41626/1/SanazTabatabaeeMFKA2014.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
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spellingShingle	HD Industries Land use Labor Tabatabaee, Sanaz Evaluating the level of awareness on lean thinking concept in construction among higher learning students in Malaysia
description	Lean construction has implemented throughout the construction industry in order to smoothen the construction project and increase the contractor’s profit by eliminating waste. There is a study has conducted for determining the barriers in implementing the lean construction approach in Malaysia and the results show that most critical barriers are lack of knowledge on lean concept and lack of commitment from management. According to the literature, there are five important factors that a manager have to focus: improvement culture, self-development, qualification, Gemba, and target management. In terms of knowledge, all parties should know about the lean principles, lean construction techniques and causes of waste. This study focuses on these factors to investigate the level of knowledge on lean construction and leadership factors among the postgraduate students before joining to the construction industry. The results show that although “construction management” students almost know about lean thinking, there is lacked of knowledge among the other postgraduate students from faculty of civil engineering and built environment of UTM. Moreover, “construction management” students are fully aware their commitments in implementing lean construction.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Tabatabaee, Sanaz
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title	Evaluating the level of awareness on lean thinking concept in construction among higher learning students in Malaysia
title_short	Evaluating the level of awareness on lean thinking concept in construction among higher learning students in Malaysia
title_full	Evaluating the level of awareness on lean thinking concept in construction among higher learning students in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Evaluating the level of awareness on lean thinking concept in construction among higher learning students in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluating the level of awareness on lean thinking concept in construction among higher learning students in Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
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publishDate	2014
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Evaluating the level of awareness on lean thinking concept in construction among higher learning students in Malaysia

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