Chapter 4

Result and Discussions

Training is crucial for organizational development and success. It is fruitful to both
employers and employees of an organization. An employee will become more efficient and
productive if he is trained well. They said they should attend seminars more often because they
cant renew their license if they could not undergo training or CPD (continuing, Professional
Development). They said they sent 10 or more person for training and usually those laborers are
painters. They skilled on mixing paint classification of points and different brand of paintaings.

They said there is no difficult in construction if the contractor will follow the 3 major
regulation, first is the BP 344 ( Batasang Pambansa 344) Second is NBC or ( National Building
Code) last is the FCP or (Fire Code of the Philippines). By following the government rules and
regulation it makes the construction more functional & effective and with beauty. Follow the
proper concepts or method just like the standard, rule circulation, setback and etc.

A firm believer believes that if you treat your employees well - that is; trust them, offer
them what they want, and treat them with respect, you will receive exactly that back from them.
People radiate back exactly what they are given to them, so if you want a workforce who are
going to cooperate and work hard, you need to ensure that they enjoy their work. With mutual
understanding and with harmonic voice. Its not their attitude to yell their person because there
is a possibility that my laborer will fight back. Or they resign their work.

Time management is important for your personal life and career success. It teaches you
how to manage your time effectively and make the most of it. Time has a big factor during
construction because it will depend upon of god condition just like earthquake, typhoons or other
natural calamities or whether conditions. And also delayed delivery of materials supply.

Workplace safety is one of the most critical responsibilities of the employer. Several
research studies have reported close to 4 million nonfatal workplace injuries every year. By
providing a safe working environment and complying with safety laws and regulations, the
organization can promote a safer workplace and ensure the safety and well being of its
employees.The reason you should implement safety management systems is to ensure that when
a task is carried out in your workplace, every precaution has been taken to reduce the likelihood
of there being an incident that leaves someone injured or worse.

According to them if we compare ormoc city into other cities like manila, cebu and davao
the percentage rate will 100 % if we rate ormoc city the percentage rate will be 50 % to 80 %,
because ormoc city is not highly an organize city and because, its still belong into class C city.
Example of class A cities are (manila or Luzon Areas) , while class B ( Bacolod ), class C
( ormoc, acloban) and class D (small cities)

This factors has a big impact in construction industry not just in Ormoc City but
everywhere. By these we will gain more knowledge about construction and it helps to improve
the productivity in construction.

Base on our conducted interview we dont see any difference regarding to theirs answers
in our questions.

Factors that affect or influence productivity

Technical
Location Production
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Government Organizational
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Management Personnel
Finance
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 Productivity largely depends on technology. Technical factors are the most important
ones. These include proper location, layout and size of the plant and machinery, correct design of
machines and equipment, research and development, automation and computerization, etc. If the
organization uses the latest technology, then its productiveness will be high.

Productivity is related to the production-factors. The production of all departments should

be properly planned, coordinated and controlled. The right quality of raw-materials should be
used for production. The production process should be simplified and standardized. If everything
is well it will increase the productiveness.

Productivity is directly proportional to the organizational factors. A simple type of

organization should be used. Authority and Responsibility of every individual and department
should be defined properly. The line and staff relationships should also be clearly defined. So,
conflicts between line and staff should be avoided. There should be a division of labor and
specialization as far as possible. This will increase organization's productiveness.

Productivity of organization is directly related to personnel factors. The right individual

should be selected for suitable posts. After selection, they should be given proper training and
development. They should be given better working conditions and work-environment. They
should be properly motivated; financially, non-financially and with positive incentives. Incentive
wage policies should be introduced. Job security should also be given. Opinion or suggestions of
workers should be given importance. There should be proper transfer, promotion and other
personnel policies. All this will increase the productiveness of the organization.

Productivity relies on the finance factors. Finance is the life-blood of modem business.
There should be a better control over both fixed capital and working capital. There should be
proper Financial Planning. Capital expenditure should be properly controlled. Both over and
under utilization of capital should be avoided. The management should see that they get proper
returns on the capital which is invested in the business. If the finance is managed properly the
productiveness of the organization will increase.

Productivity of organization rests on the management factors. The management of

organization should be scientific, professional, future-oriented, sincere and competent. Managers
should possess imagination, judgement skills and willingness to take risks. They should make
optimum use of the available resources to get maximum output at the lowest cost. They should
use the recent techniques of production. They should develop better relations with employees
and trade unions. They should encourage the employees to give suggestions. They should
provide a good working environment, and should motivate employees to increase their output.
Efficient management is the most significant factor for increasing productiveness and decreasing
cost.

Productivity depends on government factors. The management should have a proper

knowledge about the government rules and regulations. They should also maintain good relations
with the government.

Productivity also depends on location factors such as Law and order situation,
infrastructure facilities, nearness to market, nearness to sources of raw-materials, skilled
workforce, etc.

The problems of improving the productivity in construction industry are the ff.

1. Government regulations

Various taxations

environment laws

2. Registrations & approvals

Registrations

Licensing

3. Union rules

Trade unions play constructive role

Sometimes these rules are misused

4. Management limitations
 Changing environment,

certain disasters natural & accidental,

5. Employee related issues

Human limitations

Unskilled employees

Employee attitudes

But despite of all that problem there still we can do to improve it. First, Analyzing the
entire construction process in detail, a construction company should analyze each phase of its
process to determine what the barriers are to improving productivity. It should begin by
measuring key factors and setting benchmarks and goals for improvement. Second, do better
planning, there will never be a magic solution that eliminates all work changes, but better
planning will mitigate the impact of work changes and also eliminate the unnecessary waits that
result from imprecise planning. Third, train your supervisors and the crew, an important key to
improving productivity is to train the crew especially construction supervisors, whose knowledge
and skills can make or break a project in sound management principles and techniques.

Fourth, Employ new technologies, New technologies such as scheduling software and
more efficient equipment can yield an immediate return on investment in increased productivity.
In implementing new technology, construction companies should learn from the mistakes made
in other industries. Lastly, communicate that increasing productivity is everyone's job, no one
knows how to do a job better than the person doing it. A construction company should therefore
enlist all of its workers in the search for greater productivity. The company should communicate
explicitly that suggestions are welcomed and should consider some type of reward system for
suggestions that increase productivity. One effect of involving the workers in improving
productivity is that they will come to look on the goal as making progress, not finding blame.
 This brief review of how to improve productivity may make the task of improvement
seem daunting to the average general contracting company. Typically, construction companies
enlist construction productivity consultants to help them improve. The consultant has a wealth of
experience in the construction industry to draw upon in addressing the specific needs of the
company, as well as a methodology for identifying and addressing the barriers to increased
productivity. The consultant understands both the best industry practices and the current
construction technologies that can improve productivity. Perhaps most important, the consultant
can provide the supervisor and crew with the training that will yield the greatest productivity
improvements.