JOURNAL 2

A Hierarchical Framework of Barriers to Green Supply Chain Management in the Construction Sector

Sreejith Balasubramanian   (September 2012)

The study show a classified sustainability framework for appraising the obstacles to the implementation of green supply chain management (GSCM) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) construction sector. A total of 32 barriers to the adoption of GSCM are identified through extensive literature review and expert interviews with academics and industry professionals. The barriers are grouped on the basis of literature and expert opinion to form 12 criteria. Since the nature of the identified criteria is complex and interdependent; an Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) technique is applied to develop a structural model. Driving and dependence power analysis (DDPA) is used to classify and identify the critical barriers.

Framework explained:

The models on above shows a hierarchical structure to weigh the obstacles to the implementation of GSCM in the UAE construction sector. The text can shows that a wide documentation of 32 fences between economic, eco-friendly, high-tech, societal and cultural characteristics to the implementation of GSCM in the UAE construction sector. They were logical ranked modelling of obstacles and their inter-relationship. Then, an inclusive arrangement of obstacles to know their criticality for decision making. Over the study, the paper known a issues external to the business such as lack of skilled sustainability professionals, lack of green suppliers & developers, lack of government support, lack of public awareness & demand and market uncertainty are the critical barriers to the implementation of GSCM in the UAE construction area. The internal barriers are reliant to the external barriers. The internal of these obstacle are lack of top management support and leadership, financial implications, lack of knowledge and experience, poor organizational culture, lack of GSCM practices in organization’s vision and mission. The burden is on state and federal governments in UAE to formulate GSCM scheme idea to overcome the external barriers. The approach strategy must importance on authorising societies to create supportable selections and reassuring them to contribute actively in the conceptualization, design and completing of GSCM strategies. Government should develop policies to attract skilled professionals, suppliers and developers to the region.