A Prioritization Model of Strategies for Small and Medium Firms in Less-Developed Countries: A Tanzania Case

Table 8

Ranking of prioritized strategies for performance improvement.

Code	Strategies	Mean	Std. deviation	Ranking
OS1	Establish and provide support to firms to access finance and loan	4.49	0.65	1
SCP10	Resource (finance, schedule, material, and equipment) management	4.46	0.65	2
SCP12	Select a competent, experienced, and accessible contractors	4.43	0.58	3
SCP1	Employ a competent design expert	4.42	0.95	4
SCP4	Allocate a balanced design resources	4.41	0.62	5
OS19	Employ competent and technical employees	4.40	0.62	6
OS6	Facilitate training for capacity building	4.40	0.66	7
OS7	Adopt joint venture and partnership with overseas firm	4.39	0.72	8
OS11	Ensure resource availability, allocation, and utilization	4.38	1.00	9
SCP21	Gather a complete design requirement for client and stakeholders	4.37	0.75	10
SCP7	Adherence to procurement ethics and code of conduct	4.35	0.71	11
SCP2	Integrate design team with another related department	4.33	0.78	12
OS5	Optimization of local quality construction materials	4.31	0.65	13
OS3	Adhere to low-firm operational cost	4.30	0.58	14
OS4	Invest on technology and establish technology transfer centre	4.29	0.80	15
OS18	Establish construction equipment centre	4.27	0.71	16
SCP15	Reviewing the conflicting procurement policy, laws, and regulations	4.25	0.84	17
OS13	Penalizing and blacklist firms engaged in malpractices	4.24	0.95	18
SCP11	Adopt an electronic-procurement system to reduce a bidding cycle time	4.21	0.81	19
SCP18	Quality assurance (standard and specification)	4.17	1.09	20
OS17	Policy on compulsory joint venture	4.14	0.83	21
OS2	Ensure employee’s good working environment	4.14	0.92	22
OS12	Training certification by government	4.12	0.83	23
OS9	Enforce tax reduction policy of imported construction equipment and materials	4.09	0.69	24
OS8	Policy formulation of construction bank establishment	4.05	0.73	25
SCP16	Adoption of modern construction technique	4.04	0.79	26
OS10	Enhance networking to share experience	4.01	0.80	27
SCP20	Recognize and motivate the design expert	3.63	0.69	28
SCP3	Abide to design standard and specification	3.63	0.85	29
SCP5	Develop a design process management protocol	3.58	1.03	30
SCP6	Adopt constructability concept to avoid reworks	3.53	0.88	31
SCP14	Provide enough information on contract specification and conditions	3.51	0.81	32
SCP13	Categorize works to identify appropriate contract type	3.47	0.77	33
SCP8	Information, communication, and record management	3.43	1.13	34
SCP9	Contract, risk, and dispute management	3.41	0.81	35
SCP19	Reduce waste and adopt a sustainable construction	3.37	1.77	36
OS14	Ensure resource upgrading or improving	3.36	0.85	37
OS15	Timely strategy review	3.33	0.84	38
OS16	Ensure client satisfaction	3.28	0.98	39
SCP17	Healthy, safety, and welfare management	3.23	0.69	40

Note: OS1, 4, 19, 5, and 18 represent resources; OS6, 10, and 7 represent capacity building; OS17, 12, 9, and 8 represent government policy; OS11, 3, 13, and 2 represent operational and management; SCP1, 21, 4, and 2 represent design; SCP15, 11, and 7 represent procurement.