Identifying characteristics of project management organizations managing construction investment projects using state capital in Vietnam

Abstract

The specialized construction investment project management board in Vietnam is a construction investment project management organization established at both the ministerial and provincial levels to manage construction investment projects using state capital. These units have been established or reorganized in accordance with Circular 16/2016/ND-BXD and other relevant legal regulations to enhance professionalism in operations; they are supposed to participate in longterm project management activities. In order to apply the theories of organizational structure and management of construction investment projects into this particular type of organization, it is necessary to clarify their characteristics. This study was conducted with a survey of thirty-two specialized project management boards, combined with the analysis of relevant legal regulations. The survey results reveal five characteristics of those specialized project management boards in Vietnam. These five specific characteristics are important bases to serve as a basis for applying existing theoretical models on organizational structure and construction investment project management to organizing the organizational structure and project management activities of those project management units, which facilitate the units to operate more efficiently and effectively.

Keywords: Project management organization; specialized construction investment project management board; project management; construction investment; organizational structure; operation structure; projects using state capital.