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Governance of major public investment projects: in pursuit of relevance and sustainability

Jonny Klakegg, Ole; Haavaldsen, Tore - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 4 (2011) 1, pp. 157-167

the thesis was to develop a deeper understanding of how governance frameworks can contribute to such development. The … research study aimed at developing new knowledge about governance frameworks and how they influence major public projects … five research questions including identifying the most important governance functions in an owner perspective, how to …

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The Norwegian front‐end governance regime of major public projects : A theoretically based analysis and evaluation

Christensen, Tom - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 4 (2011) 2, pp. 218-239

(NPM) and post‐NPM. The purpose is to analyze the scheme as a governance system, focusing on the way of organizing the …

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Value for money in project alliances

MacDonald, Charles; Walker, Derek H.T.; Moussa, Neveen - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 2, pp. 311-324

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on findings from a doctoral thesis examining value for money in alliance projects. It provides a summary of the thesis findings, explains the thesis author's doctoral journey and the context of both the thesis and the university program....

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Insights for the governance of large projects : Analysis of Organization Theory and Project Management: Administering Uncertainty in Norwegian Offshore Oil by Stinchcombe and Heime...

Ahola, Tuomas; Davies, Andrew - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 4, pp. 661-679

projects; management and governance approaches utilized to tackle uncertainty; and project routines and innovation. Some of … these insights have later been acknowledged by project scholars focusing topics such as project governance and the …

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Client-side project management capabilities: dealing with ethical dilemmas

Walker, Derek; Lloyd-Walker, Beverley - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 7 (2014) 4, pp. 566-589

and duty of care; and professionalism and respect for others. Leadership, governance structure and (organisational and … one cultural and governance setting. Greater insights and confidence in conclusions could be gained with replication of … presented in other papers/reports. The main implication is that governance and workplace culture are two key influences that …

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Developing complex-project capability through dynamic organizational learning

Ahern, Terence; Byrne, P.J.; Leavy, Brian - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 8 (2015) 4, pp. 732-754

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend the learning boundaries of traditional project capability, which follows the linear planning paradigm, in order to include non-linear complex projects that cannot be completely specified and planned in advance , and so require continuous...

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Pursuing relevance and sustainability : Improvement strategies for major public projects

Jonny Klakegg, Ole - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2 (2009) 4, pp. 499-518

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify effective strategies to improve the governance of public projects … strategies for existing governance frameworks. Research limitations/implications – The results can be generalized to cover … Western, developed countries with an established governance framework for major public projects. Transfer to other regions of …

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Coping with lack of authority : Extending research on project governance with a practice approach

Hällgren, Markus; Lindahl, Marcus - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 10 (2017) 2, pp. 244-262

limitations of weak governance structure in a product development project. Design/methodology/approach The findings are based on a … there are weak project governance structures. The first procedure is a horizontal process of operational consensus … the existing understanding of project governance with a project-as-practice perspective. Based on the findings the authors …

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Projectification in the public sector – the case of the European Union

Godenhjelm, Sebastian; Lundin, Rolf A.; Sjöblom, Stefan - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 8 (2015) 2, pp. 324-348

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish an understanding of what projectification means, how projectification is driven forward, as well as what the consequences of projectification are in an European Union (EU) context, and in the public sector in general....

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Redefining governance: from confusion to certainty and clarity

McGrath, Stephen Keith; Whitty, Stephen Jonathan - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 8 (2015) 4, pp. 755-787

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to resolve and remove from the governance arena in general and the project arena … in particular, conflict which occurs when parties do not realise they have different meanings for common governance terms …. Design/methodology/approach – Review literature on definitional confusion in general and on governance in particular and …

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