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    Management Practices, Managerial Competencies and Project Success.
    (2023) Akwech, Chrysostom
    Construction projects in the Church of Uganda are experiencing widespread delays in terms of timely delivery, on budget delivery and attainment of project goals. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between management practices, managerial competencies, and project success of construction projects in the Diocese of Kampala. The study followed a cross sectional quantitative research design. The study took a census of 32 construction projects in the Diocese of Kampala. The unit of analysis were the church construction projects while the unit of inquiry was the church leader. Primary data were collected from 160 respondents using a self administered questionnaire that was ranked at a 5-point Likert scale. The researcher used Statistical Packages for Social Scientists (SPSS) version 20 for data analysis. Findings from correlation analysis showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between management practices and project success. Results also indicate that there was a positive a significant relationship between management practices, managerial competencies, and project success. Also, management practices and managerial competencies combined together predict up to 53.8% of project success. The study recommends that managers of the construction project should have proper project structures, improve interpersonal relationships and carry out continuous training to enhance project success. The limitation of this study was that it concentrated only on the church projects of the Church of Uganda in the diocese of Kampala, so it cannot be generalized. The study proposes that future studies should focus on the influence of funding and environmental factors influencing project success. Also, future studies should take mixed methods to understand deeply project success. Finally, further studies should be carried out using longitudinal design to get an elaborated picture of church construction projects over time.