From individual learning to organisational learning in the construction industry

Scientific Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Pedagogy - Job Education, Occupational Training, Further Education, , language: English, abstract: This paper examines the Human Resource Management theory and its application in meeting the future trends and challenges in the management of human resources in the construction industry. The complexity of the construction industry affects consistently the internal and external environment of organisations enhancing them to struggle to become adaptable and efficient for absorbing new organisational knowledge. A research was undertaken in the construction industry. The primary data were collected through interviews and overt, non-participant observation. Eighteen top managers and supervisors, all engineers, participated in the interview sessions.

Professor Dimitrios P. Kamsaris is Vice President to Bilston College. He is Diplomatic Geopolitical International Corporate Foreign Investment Advisor, providing Advises on Country Branding and Corporate Training to Multinational Companies. He has been delivering academic lectures and speeches at Universities worldwide since 1990, while simultaneously, he is active business professional operating as an Advisor of Petroleum Corporations in the various countries such as: •USA •UK, Denmark, France, Poland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania •KSA, UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt •India, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam •Tanzania. South Africa, Kenya Also, Dr. Dimitrios Panagiotis Kamsaris is Senior Vice President of the International Institute of Marketing Professionals, Editor in Chief of the African Journal of Social Sciences and member of the Harvard Alumni. He has experience in diplomacy, geopolitics, international business, negotiations, international trade and public relations and higher education. In the past, he had posts ranging from Sales Manager to CEO to various Multinational Companies such as Coca-Cola, Sherwin Williams, Shell and Olympic Games. Publications: Academic Reviewer ACBSP Region 8, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, Middle East OBTC, Teaching Conference for Management Educators, USA SMA, Southern Management Association, Savannah, Georgia, USA Editor in Chief, African Journal of Social Sciences, Africa Books and Published Papers 2021 Diplomacy and International Business: Bonded Together 2021 Cultural Diplomacy During Epidemic Outbreaks 2020 Diplomacy: Globalization and International Relations 2020 Cultural Diplomacy: Culture as a factor affecting Diplomatic tactics 2017 Executives' eating patterns. Health and high productivity levels 2015 The Influence of Multi-Culture Effect on Organizational Culture and Communication: Multi-Culture Effect on Corporate Culture 2014 The Brain-Net of Communication 2014 Managers' Brain Health and the Blood Sugar Destructive Effects: Blood Sugar Effects in Decision Making 2013 Mergers in Construction Project Management, Project Management Journal 2013 Engineers' job satisfaction within projects developed by the international construction industry in MENA region, Project Management Journal 2012 Internal Enterprise Communication and its Organizational Culture, Global Journal of Management and Research January