Workforce Shortages

This assignment discusses the challenges faced by project managers in the construction industry, specifically workforce shortages, and provides mitigation strategies.

Running head: WORKFORCE SHORTAGES
WORKFORCE SHORTAGES
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Introduction
The concept of project management is divided into various subcategories, these sub
categories include initiating, planning, execution, monitoring of performance and at last
closure of a project. Most of the project hat are executed has similar stages even the ones that
are carried out in the industry of construction. The feasibility of a certain project is
determined with the help of evaluation of a business case by project manager (Dartey-Baah,
Amponsah-Tawiah & Debrah, 2018). A specific document which consists details of the
initiation of the project or a project charter is prepared prior to the initial stages of the project.
This particular assignment discusses regarding a specific issues that is faced by project
managers in a particular project of construction, the mitigation factor for the problems is also
presented in this assignment.
Body
Among the challenges that are faced by project manager, one has been chosen which
includes workforce shortages. This problem might have dangerous impacts on the overall
project. Recruitment of workforce is usually considered as a part of the activities that is
carried out by the project manager (Finkel, 2015). According to various reports around
600,000 jobs had been reduced in few decades bin the industry of construction.
There are numerous ways due to which the construction industry faced workforce
shortages, one of the reason include the fact that people are scared of joining the construction
industry. The recession as well as layoffs in this industry in this industry might lead to the
loss of numerous skilled workers as well as professionals in the field of construction for a
long time. One more reason include the fact that there are very less of focus on trades as well
as vocational schools. There is a lack of emphasis on the trades in high school as well as
college (Dartey-Baah, Amponsah-Tawiah & Debrah, 2018). Most of the young adults are

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usually guided towards traditional routes of university and do not consider learning as a trade,
besides this the injuries caused in the trading industry might be severe and sometimes life
threatening this as a result frightens the young generation from joining this field. One more
reason include the safety concerns. Usually construction industry tend to recruit workers who
are less trained or not enough skilled in order to staff the projects that they have in hand.
In order to mitigate these risks, the industry should be able to demonstrate their value
as a specific career for the workforce that is upcoming. There are numerous ways which
construction industry could do. Reaching out at the young generation is one among those
strategies. Construction industry should partner along with local schools that must be
considered by various young adults as a particular career path which is worth pursuing
(Finkel, 2015). This particular partnership would lead to numerous opportunities of appearing
in the career events, provide seminars in the class rooms, and appear in the career connection
website in the schools and some more benefits. With the help of visiting local schools as well
as colleges, various firms of construction would be able to get the young adults think
regarding their career in the construction industry would be able to attract numerous young
adults who think regarding their career in the industry of construction even before they decide
what they would do in their career path. In order to create workforce that is highly skilled,
construction industry require to invest in various training for the employees (Dartey-Baah,
Amponsah-Tawiah & Debrah, 2018). For doing this, construction industry must invest in the
purpose of training for all the employees. For doing so, construction firms must have
extensive training for all the new employees, training courses for refresher for employees of
all level, programs for mentorship which would allow the high level workers for passing
along their knowledge to the young generation even before they retire. Besides the training
for skills, these firms must also use training from the occupational safety as well as health
administration for training the new joiners for improving safety of workers in the site.

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Conclusion
From the discussion that has been carried out in this assignment, it can be concluded
that various challenges that could be faced by various project managers in the industry of
construction. The issues are abuse of substance, productivity, communication and culture,
pressures of schedule, management of finance and many more. Among the challenges
mentioned, one has been selected as well as discussed in this particular assignment, this
assignment represents data regarding the problems that are faced by construction project. It
also discusses regarding various ways that could be used for the purpose of mitigating the
issues.

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References
Dartey-Baah, K., Amponsah-Tawiah, K., & Debrah, Y. A. (2018). Reconstructing CSR in the
Construction Industry. Corporate Social Responsibility in Management and
Engineering, 181.
Finkel, G. (2015). The economics of the construction industry. Routledge.