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The role of procurement practices in effective implementation of infrastructure projects in Pakistan

Noor, Muhammad Ali; Khalfan, Malik M.A.; Maqsood, Tayyab - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 4, pp. 802-826

practices in effective implementation of infrastructure projects in a developing country, i.e. Pakistan. The research … its suitability for implementing different forms of procurement in context of public sector in Pakistan. Design … the procurement of infrastructure projects in public sector in Pakistan and that was the boundary of the research. Eight …

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Managing competence and learning in knowledge-intensive, project-intensive organizations : A case study of a public organization

Medina, Rolf; Medina, Alicia - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 10 (2017) 3, pp. 505-526

Purpose Competence management should no longer be considered as disconnected activities with few relationships with the organizational goals. It is the viewpoint that competence management as a whole consists of different mechanisms and strategies that involve many functions in the organization...

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Exploring infrastructure procurement by Australian state governments

Staples, Warren J.; Dalrymple, John F. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 4 (2011) 3, pp. 512-523

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a research thesis that explores how Australian state government agencies procure infrastructure projects and the extent to which they view the procurement process as an opportunity to deliver more than just a physical facility. The primary...

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Project governance in public sector agile software projects

Lappi, Teemu; Aaltonen, Kirsi - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 10 (2017) 2, pp. 263-294

Purpose Agile methodologies are widely used to manage the technical complexity of software development, and project governance can provide feasible means of organizational support for complex project success. The purpose of this paper is to: analyze the project governance practices of public...

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Editorial : About the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Walker, Derek H.T. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 5-16

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the philosophy of the journal and present a summary of its content and how the various papers link to the journal's philosophy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a limited literature review to establish the journal's philosophy and...

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Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management : Theory and models

Walker, Derek H.T.; Cicmil, Svetlana; Thomas, Janice; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 17-32

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide of a review of the theory and models underlying project management (PM) research degrees that encourage reflective learning. Design/methodology/approach – Review of the literature and reflection on the practice of being actively involved in...

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Project strategy: strategy types and their contents in innovation projects

Artto, Karlos; Martinsuo, Miia; Dietrich, Perttu; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 49-70

Purpose – Previous literature on project strategy has adopted the narrow view that a project is to be conducted under the governance of a single strong sponsor or parent organization. The purpose of this study is to provide a critical analysis on prior project management (PM) literature...

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Leading dynamically complex projects

Cavaleri, Steven; Reed, Fred - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 71-87

Purpose – The paper seeks to establish a critical role for leaders in guiding projects to higher levels of effectiveness. This role centers on using the thinking capacities associated with systems thinking, knowledge processing, action learning, and pragmatism. It is also to design systems to...

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Subcontractors' business relationships as risk sources in project networks

Artto, Karlos; Eloranta, Kirsi; Kujala, Jaakko - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 88-105

Purpose – This paper seeks to address the risks for a main contractor firm's project business that arise from subcontractors' inter‐organizational relationships in complex‐ and dynamic‐project networks. Design/methodology/approach – Existing project risk management research neglects...

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Project management: a case study of a successful ERP implementation

Carton, Fergal; Adam, Frederic; Sammon, David - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 106-124

Purpose – The success rate of enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations is not high in view of the sums invested by organisations in these applications. It has often been indicated that a combination of inadequate preparedness and inappropriate project management have been responsible...

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