Kai Chen Goh, Md Asrul Nasid Masrom, Sulzakimin Mohamed, Nadzirah Zainordin, Ika Diyah Candra Arifah
Construction resource management is a discipline to plan, manage, direct, and schedule the resources, mainly focus on human resources. Due to the constant evolution of science and technology, managing human resources are becoming more challenging. This study aims to identify the characteristic of resource management and its future trend: critical skills for construction graduates. The crucial elements in this study, such as the Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP), the issue of graduate unemployment, the issue of skilled labour shortage in the construction industry, construction resources, challenges in resource management, and its skills required also be discussed and redefined through the literature review to get the detail information and understanding from the aspect of the industry. The methodology to obtain data is the mixed method of qualitative and quantitative methods, interviews, and questionnaires. SPSS and thematic analysis are the methods to analyse data. The respondents are contractors from Johor Bahru. There are 146 respondents for questionnaires, and six among them accepted the interview sessions. This research shows that critical skill of resource management includes negotiation, decision-making, problem-solving, reading and understanding drawings, and design activities and background. Besides that, the researcher found that resource management required the cooperation of many professionals and human resources, and communication problems were the primary problem. Future trends of resource management will advance in the direction of dispersion and technology development. In conclusion, this study ensures the crucial human resource management skills required for construction industry graduates. © 2024, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia. All rights reserved.
Department of Construction Management, Faculty of Technology Management and Business, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Malaysia; School of Architecture & Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Digital Business Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
