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Factors Affecting the Process of Decision-Making at Construction Site; Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications VI (IAT 2021)

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The need for efficient solutions and an efficient decision-making process is growing dizzyingly along with the fast pace of business in today’s world. Effective project management requires decisions to be made in accordance with the importance and urgency of the situation and acted accordingly. The decision-making process at construction site is more complex due to certain conditions specific to construction engineering. This paper presents the results of research conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which deals with the analysis of factors that have a direct impact on the decision-making process of the construction site, conducted for the purpose of developing a master’s thesis. In-depth interviews were conducted with construction engineers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the factors that have a direct impact on the decision-making process on the construction site in Bosnia and Herzegovina were identified. This paper presents the results of comparison of factors that have a direct impact on the decision-making process – known from literature-and those identified in the construction industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, it represents the factors that have an impact on the decision-making process on the construction site in Bosnia and Herzegovina, listed by construction engineers, which do not appear in case studies from around the world.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, International Burch University, Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Almedina Mustafić, Ahmed El Sayed & Hajrudin Džafo

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  1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Naida Ademović

  2. Faculty of Technical Engineering, University of Bihać, Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Edin Mujčić

  3. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Hadley,, MA, USA

    Zlatan Akšamija

  4. International Burch University, Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Jasmin Kevrić

  5. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Samir Avdaković

  6. Department of Mathematics, Wellesley College, Wellesley Hills, MA, USA

    Ismar Volić

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Mustafić, A., El Sayed, A., Džafo, H. (2022). Factors Affecting the Process of Decision-Making at Construction Site; Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Ademović, N., Mujčić, E., Akšamija, Z., Kevrić, J., Avdaković, S., Volić, I. (eds) Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications VI. IAT 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 316. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90055-7_32

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