Scandal is the disruptive publicity of alleged misconduct and it is important for organizations because of its severe consequences. Distinguishing between single-actor scandals, i.e., scandals that result from publicity of misconduct by a single actor, and multiple-actor scandals, i.e., scandals...

This chapter summarizes recent development on simple heuristics for optimal inventory policies of multi-echelon inventory systems. These simple heuristics are based on solving a sequence of single-stage inventory problems whose parameters are obtained from the original system data. We mainly...

According to The Ethics Centre (2018) ‘[T]he social license to operate (SLO) is made up of three components: legitimacy, credibility, and trust’. These three components serve to frame the relationship that has emerged and continues to evolve, its root arguably dating back to the...

This chapter will discuss systems theories and methodologies and their role in projects and project governance. It will first introduce three major systems theories – general systems theory, cybernetics, and social systems theories – that are useful in projects, the key scholars who...

Executive Summary Systems thinking calls for a shift of our mindset from seeing just parts to seeing the whole reality in its structured dynamic unity and interconnectedness. Systems thinking fosters a sensibility to see subtle connections between components and parts of reality, especially the...

This chapter attempts to broaden the understanding of the potential of temporality in project management research. First, we illuminate temporality with respect to the temporariness of projects, the project life-cycle, and the role of entrainment in projects. Then, we outline aspects of the...

There is no industry in the world where a crisis caused by terrorism has such a strong impact as in tourism. Providing security for visitors before and during a trip can be a critical success factor for the competitiveness of a particular destination or organization or for business tourism when...

This chapter explores the possible future avenues of design thinking towards agile design processes. We systematically analyse and describe related and possibly influencing concepts, such as lean manufacturing, lean startup, customer development, scrum, extreme programming, and design sprints,...