Engineering and Construction Industry
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Engineering and Construction Industry
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Research Project Formulation Form1. Field of EngineeringEngineering Project Preparation 2. Project Topic Exploration & identification of the good leadership practices of Hong Kong’s leading engineering companies in the eyes of local employees within the age group of 30 years to 40 years 3. List Academic(s) at UTS does related research to topic:Dr.Hiyam Al- kKilidar4. List of UTS Academics Articles Crevani, L., Lindgren, M. and Packendorff, J., 2010. Leadership, not leaders: On the study of leadership as practices and interactions. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 26(1), pp.77-86.Carter, L., Ulrich, D. and Goldsmith, M. eds., 2012. Best practices in leadership developmentand organization change: How the best companies ensure meaningful change and sustainable leadership (Vol. 18). John Wiley & Sons.Crumpton-Young, L., McCauley-Bush, P., Rabelo, L., Meza, K., Ferreras, A., Rodriguez, B., Millan, A., Miranda, D. and Kelarestani, M., 2010. Engineering leadership development programs a look at what is needed and what is being done. Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 11(3/4), p.10.Cheung, C.K. and Chan, A.C.F., 2005. Philosophical foundations of eminent Hong Kong Chinese CEOs’ leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 60(1), pp.47-62.Cheung, C.K. and Chi-fai Chan, A., 2008. Benefits of Hong Kong Chinese CEOs' confucian and daoist leadership styles. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 29(6), pp.474-503.5. Executive Summary
Background: The Hong Kong engineering and construction industry is suffering from skilled labour shortage and the government is undertaking a number of initiatives to attract the youngworkforce to join the aging industry [ CITATION Kao18 \l 16393 ]. As per a report by Po, Hong Kong needs to adopt new leadership strategies to attract more talented employees and retain them [ CITATION Chu16 \l 16393 ]. And in this backdrop it was decided to conduct this research to identify what as per local employees within the age group of 30-40 years, good leadership practices are and what is the reality of leadership strategies and styles practiced in leading engineering companies of Hong Kong.Aims: The aim of this research project is to identity and explores the good practices of leadership practiced by leading engineering companies of Hong Kong, and how such practices are viewed by local employees within the age group of 30 years to 40 years Potential Findings: The expected findings shall be in the light of – identification of the list of specific leadership practices which are followed in leading engineering companies ( for the project 3- 5 companies in Hong Kong would be selected and their employees within the age group of 30 – 40 would be interviewed) ; identification of specific leadership styles and traits which are unique for the engineering industry and not so prominent for other industries; exploring how the 30 – 40 years old local employees view such practices and taking their viewpoint to understand whether any change is required ; understanding and identifying whatshould strategies to undertake by the HK’s leading engineering companies to attract and retain skilled labour. Conclusions: The final conclusion would exactly specify the leadership strategies which are taken in the present engineering industry of Hong Kong, how such are impacting the work and the psyche of employees of the age group of 30 – 40 years, and what recommended action plan must be taken and leadership style must be followed to attract a talented and skilled workforce in the future. 6. Research Objectives: The research objectives are as follows; - Exploring the concept of leadership practices in the engineering industry of Hong Kong andidentification of key leadership strategies which are popular amongst companies - Conducting primary research on 3 leading engineering companies of Hong Kong ( one of which would be Startac Engineering Pvt Ltd) and interviewing the mid-management leader managers ( total sample size 6) and conducting a survey research through questionnaire on the employees within the age group of 30 – 40 years ( total sample size would be 30 ) to understand how leadership is viewed by the management as well as the employees - Analysing the data received and identifying what good leadership practices are in the eyes of 30 – 40 year old local engineering employees and what should the companies do to improve their practices and attract and retain skilled and talented workforce
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