新冠肺炎大流行后建筑业复苏的可能业务连续性战略马来西亚建筑业的初步研究

Y. Gamil, A.H. Al-Sarafi, Taoufik Najeh
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有目的的新冠肺炎疫情前所未有地破坏了整个世界的经济和发展。在没有排斥的情况下,建筑业经历了非常极端的破坏。许多项目被暂停,许多员工失业,许多建筑公司破产。本研究旨在探索新冠肺炎疫情后可能的业务连续性计划、复苏路线图和振兴建筑业的战略。设计/方法学/approachMix模式方法用于解决研究问题,其中包括对16名在马来西亚行业工作超过10年的选定建筑专家的采访 年,并对187名建筑从业者进行了问卷调查。进行采访的目的是深入了解疫情对建筑业的当前影响,问卷旨在使用Likert型量表对复兴策略的重要性进行统计排名。此外,通过计算相对重要性指数,使用单变量方法对数据进行分析,以评估每种策略的重要性。调查结果显示,疫情在许多方面严重影响了马来西亚建筑业,需要采取有效的恢复策略来应对这些变化。这些战略分为四个不同的方面,包括卫生和实践、技术、运营、法律和政府战略。研究结果表明,就重要性而言,最重要的策略是通过调整当前的工作程序、紧急政府刺激措施(贷款、对受影响公司的财政援助)和其他财政激励措施,利用数字和在线技术进行虚拟会议和沟通,在现场引入符合新冠肺炎的操作程序和协议,全面修订健康指南,以适应建筑活动和数字化转型工作。该研究建议进行更深入的研究,以评估改善马来西亚建筑业未来的战略的影响和成功与否。实践意义该研究更好地理解了建筑业复兴的可能业务连续性策略,这对决策者和政府重新考虑建筑业复兴很重要。这些发现也引起了建筑利益相关者的兴趣。独创性/价值关于疫情对建筑业的影响,已有许多研究,但关于疫情期间和之后建筑业持续复苏的可能策略,研究较少。因此,处理这一专题至关重要,尤其是根据这些战略的重要性对其进行评估。
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Post COVID-19 pandemic possible business continuity strategies for construction industry revival a preliminary study in the Malaysian construction industry
Purpose COVID-19 pandemic has unprecedentedly shattered the entire world economy and development. Without exclusion, the construction industry has undergone very extreme disruption. Many projects have been suspended, many employees lost their jobs and many construction companies bankrupted. This study aims to explore the possible business continuity plans, a roadmap to recovery and strategies to revive the construction industry after COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach Mix mode method approach was used to address the research problem, and that includes interviews with 16 selected construction experts who have been working in the Malaysian industry for more than 10 years and a questionnaire with 187 construction practitioners. The aim of conducting the interviews is to get an insight into the current impact of the pandemic on the construction industry, and the questionnaire aims to statistically rank the importance of revival strategies using a Likert-type scale. Further, the data were analysed using a univariate approach by calculating the relative importance index to assess the importance of each strategy. Findings The findings showed that the pandemic has severely affected the Malaysian construction industry in many aspects and effective restoration strategies are necessary to cope with the changes. The strategies were categorized into four different aspects includes health and practice, technology, operational, legal and governmental strategies. The finding shows that the topmost ranked strategy in terms of importance is introducing COVID-compliant operating procedures and protocols on-site by adjusting current working procedures, urgent government stimuli (loan, financial aid to the affected firms) and other financial incentives, leveraging digital and online technology for virtual meeting and communication, comprehensive and revision study of the health guidelines to suit construction activities and digital transformation of work. The study suggests a more in-depth study to evaluate the impact and assess the success of strategies for the betterment of the future of the Malaysian construction industry. Practical implications The study presented a better understanding of the possible business continuity strategies for construction industry revival, which are important for decision makers and the government to reconsider for the revival of the industry. The findings also are of interest to the construction stakeholders. Originality/value There have been many research addressing the impact of the pandemic on the construction industry, but less are available on the possible strategies for continual and revival of construction industry amid and after the pandemic. It is, therefore, crucial to address this topic, especially the assessment of these strategies based on their importance.
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