Purpose – This paper aims to show how systems thinking can be incorporated in action research (AR) interventions to successfully implement organizational change. The two case studies described in this paper would be useful to managers who want to implement change in their own organizations....

In recent years, organizational project management (OPM) has emerged as a field focused on how project, program and portfolio management practices strategically help firms realize organizational goals. There is a compelling need to address the totality of project-related work at the...

Cover -- Title Page -- Colophon -- Advances in Organization Studies -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Our Thanks -- Notes on the Contributors -- Foreword -- References -- Introduction -- Trends in Management Research -- Trends in Project Management Research -- The Sections of the Book --...

Contents: 1. Introduction to organizational project management -- Part I: The OPM model -- 2. Organizational philosophy -- 3. OPM approach -- 4. OPM governance -- 5. Business integration -- 6. Organizational integration -- 7. Project governance -- 8. Project management -- Part II: Theories and...