Purpose of this paper: This paper will introduce and illustrate a tool for measuring and visualising stakeholder influence for managing projects drawing upon two case study examples. Development of the tool was based upon stakeholder and project management theory and it extends our appreciation...

PURPOSE ? This paper aims to explore a case study example of the decision-making process that occurs within complex organizations. It exposes a murky ?zone? of decision making and action between the strategic vision set by senior management and the work of teams to realise projects....

BackgroundDemographic projections suggest a major increase in non-communicable disease (NCD) mortality over the next two decades in developing countries. In a climate of scarce resources, policy-makers need to know which interventions represent value for money. The prohibitive cost of performing...

Purpose -- The purpose of this paper is to investigate a case of in-sourcing a key resource verses using the standard mode of operation of utilizing an established out-sourcing firm. The studied organisation is a large telecommunication firm in North America. The aim of the paper is to...

Abstract: Purpose ? Development of staff learning enhances work productivity and sustains organizational development. In particular, design practitioners require both theoretical knowledge and mentoring with their practical experience. Without extensive knowledge, designers may produce design...

Purpose ? Competitive advantage can be gained in several ways including gaining a knowledge advantage (K-Adv). This paper sets out to report on the first stage of broad study to assess the effectiveness of implementing an enterprise resource planning system (ERP) from a knowledge management (KM)...

An Australian Pacific Islands aid project that is in an advanced state of delivery is used as a case study. One of the authors, who is project manager of this project, provides valuable reflection of practice insights together with feedback and data from the aid recipients. The project brief...

The aim of this paper is to propose a way that the development of human social relationship capital can be identified and measured in a construction project environment. Design/methodology/approach: Theory on the creation of social capital and consequent intellectual capital between parties to...

This paper helps explain the impact and potential for companies to better leverage knowledge and organisational learning from their portfolio of projects. It offers a model based on analysis of the development of the Boeing Company and from change management theory of a way to achieve an...

Purpose - This paper aims to summarise the scope, methodology and main findings of a doctoral thesis about business transformation in Latin America taken from a project management (PM) and communities of practice (CoP) perspective. Design/methodology/approach - The project adopted a case study...