THE IMPACT OF PROJECT MANAGERS’COMPETENCE ON PROJECT SUCCESS:- THE CASE OF KATAR FOOD COMPLEX, ASELLA, ETHIOPIAN.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of project managers’ competencies on project success in the case of Katar Food Complex Factory. The study used both primary and secondary data to achieve the intended research objectives. A quantitative and qualitative research approach of the data collection was used. Data for the assessment were obtained from 212 selected respondents from three different sections through a five point Likert scale-based questionnaire. The data were analyzed using JASP and interpreted in percentage. Analyses were done based on three competency variables knowledge, skill, and attitude. Results revealed that Pearson correlation among project managers’ competencies are moderate to high, correlation among project’s success elements are also moderate to high, and correlation between project managers’ competencies and project success are also high to very high. Regression analysis results also showed that all the three project manager competency variables have strong effect on project success, Knowledge has the highest impact followed by Skill and finally attitude having significant impact. There was 87.6 % change in project success attributed to the combined effect of the independent variables in the model (Knowledge, Skill and Attitude). Overall, project manager competency has strong effect on project success, which means that high project manager competency is likely to bring about higher level of project success. Though the research findings are valuable, limitations in terms of a case of one company only and the use of just some variables may increase risk of respondent bias. Future studies, in order to avoid these limitations, can extend their scope to include a number and range of organizations and more competency variables.