The research methodology for the development of a kaizen costing framework suitable for indigenous construction firms in Lagos, Nigeria.

Omotayo, Temitope; Kulatunga, U.

Abstract

The need for a cost management paradigm shift in the construction industry is imperative because of the prevail-ing challenges of managing construction cost during construction. Small and medium scale construction firms in Nigeria are faced with the challenges of competition from foreign firm, cost overrun, project delays and unsatis-fied clients. This challenge may be handled with kaizen principles and kaizen costing. This paper utilized litera-tures related to research methodology in the built environment to create a research framework for the study. This focused on the research philosophical stands, approaches and strategy related to the built environment. The re-search onion model was adopted for the framework development and the sample size of two hundred and fifty (250) respondents was selected based on theoretical sampling for quantitative data collection using question-naires. Twenty (20) interviews would be conducted within the sample size for the questionnaire. This will in-volve Likert scale format questionnaires and semi-structured interviews.

Citation

OMOTAYO, T. and KULATUNGA, U. 2015. The research methodology for the development of a kaizen costing framework suitable for indigenous construction firms in Lagos, Nigeria. In Proceedings of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) doctoral workshop on research methodology, 10 April 2015, Dublin, Ireland [online], pages 1-12. Available from: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/workshops/2015-04_Dublin-Proceedings.pdf

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) doctoral workshop on research methodology
• Conference Location: Dublin, Ireland
• Start Date: Apr 10, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 2, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 2, 2017
• Keywords: Kaizen costing; Research; Research philosophy; Framework
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2520
• Publisher URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/workshops/2015-04_Dublin-Proceedings.pdf