{"title":"How safety value is exchanged in Chinese modern megaprojects: A stakeholder value network perspective","authors":"Shuang Dong , Yan Zhao , Heng Li , Jiayi Qu","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100134","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100134","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To visualize and quantify these exchanges among primary stakeholders in megaprojects, this study introduces network stakeholder value network as the core methodology. Starting with a qualitative organizational safety behavior model encompassing 8 stakeholders and 61 value flows, it's built based on 3 organizational safety behavior categories. Moreover, questionnaire data from 356 experts quantifies the model, and the design structure matrix identifies 13845 safety value paths, including 4827 cycles. Analysis delves into critical cycles, stakeholders, flows, and organizational safety behavior types to refine safety strategies. The findings, based on Chinese megaprojects, suggest that contractors and governments must lead safety awareness efforts, with safety compliance paramount for all parties. The study's contributions are threefold: firstly, it broadens the scope to encompass organizational safety behavior; secondly, it introduces a novel approach to visualize and quantify safety value flows; and thirdly, it considers multiple types of value exchanges, underscores their significance in promoting safety value, and offers practical recommendations to strengthen construction safety performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266672152400019X/pdfft?md5=287172db9054d66167547784c87266ef&pid=1-s2.0-S266672152400019X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141281199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gustavo Barbi Vieira , Hévilla Souza Oliveira , Jônatas Araújo de Almeida , Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain
{"title":"Project Portfolio Selection considering interdependencies: A review of terminology and approaches","authors":"Gustavo Barbi Vieira , Hévilla Souza Oliveira , Jônatas Araújo de Almeida , Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100115","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Project Portfolio Selection (PPS) is a relevant activity in organizations to define the best set of projects to pursue their strategic objectives. Previous works have presented diverse and sometimes conflicting understandings of the meaning and implications of interdependencies to PPS. This paper presents a literature review encompassing the terminology and the multiple approaches available. We depict an unprecedented contribution to PPS research by proposing a novel definition for relationships between projects that organizes and clarifies the meanings of the pre-existing definitions for interdependencies, interactions, and synergy and fulfills the existing gaps in those current definitions. We also present a comprehensive overview of how future developments can improve PPS in organizations by considering these relationships. Thus, this work enables future research and practice to build upon the underlying concepts presented and to address the trends for PPS and program implementation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721523000364/pdfft?md5=ec6ae91552cac33296dc3b9e1ec2eb9e&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721523000364-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139107765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The project leadership work of value creation: Reflections from Follett","authors":"Dicle Kortantamer","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2024.100122","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Project scholars are increasingly turning their attention to the role of projects in tackling environmental and societal wicked problems. This essay contributes to attempts to understand the navigation of the dynamic processes of project value construction in the face of these wicked problems by advancing the socialised perspective of leadership. Drawing on Follett, it offers four key enhancements: 1) an emphasis on interweaving diverse and potentially contradictory values, 2) the recognition that values should dynamically evolve in relation to both emerging events and active confrontations of conflicting values that are made possible by flexible forms of contacting, 3) an openness to learning about alternative ways of relating to nature in shaping values, and 4) opening the collective practice of leadership to broad participation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721524000073/pdfft?md5=190e14a4eb21f0ad9c3c9fa3b42b36d5&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721524000073-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140180782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do the Project Manager's soft skills foster knowledge sharing?","authors":"Inês Avença , Luísa Domingues , Helena Carvalho","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2024.100139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the realm of project management, the significance of soft skills, including communication, leadership, and problem-solving, has been acknowledged as pivotal to project success. Furthermore, the role of knowledge management within projects has emerged as another critical determinant of performance enhancement. This entails disseminating best practices, lessons learned, and insights garnered throughout the project lifecycle. Thus, the Project Manager's role acts as a catalyst, cultivating an environment that promotes effective knowledge sharing.</p><p>The primary objective of this study is to explore the relationship between project manager soft skills and knowledge sharing within project environments. Additionally, considering the acknowledged impact of organizational culture and environment on knowledge sharing practices, this research aims to examine the moderating effect of organizational culture in shaping the relationship between soft skills and knowledge sharing effectiveness within project contexts. A questionnaire involving project team members was conducted to find answers to these questions.</p><p>Findings reveal the project manager leadership was positively associated with knowledge sharing among project management team members. This conclusion innovatively connects the importance of soft skills in fostering knowledge sharing within project teams. It places a significant emphasis on the project manager's leadership skills assigning them a key responsibility. Additionally, moderation analysis showed that knowledge creation and knowledge capture strengthened the relationship between project manager's problem-solving skills and knowledge management environment. This underscores the role of a robust organisational culture in supporting knowledge sharing, thereby enhancing the connection between problem-solving abilities and explicit knowledge sharing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721524000243/pdfft?md5=62207750eddacc550f0712f2510c0e2c&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721524000243-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141594324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sha Tao , Xinyi Pang , Yumin Qiu , Qingshuang Xu , Peng Xue
{"title":"Green innovation in megaprojects: A capacity-based analysis of the Shenzhong Link Project in China","authors":"Sha Tao , Xinyi Pang , Yumin Qiu , Qingshuang Xu , Peng Xue","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100144","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100144","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Growing environmental challenges and expanding megaprojects have necessitated green transformation of the construction industry. This paper takes the Shenzhong Link Project as an example to explore the capacities required for achieving the goal of green innovation, as well as its micro-expression and behavioral path. We begin with the idea that megaprojects are complex, and then we dissect the capacities from both soft and hard system levels, categorizing them into basic and composite capacities. Then, we form the integration of capacities to realize green innovation of megaprojects. Green development is an essential prerequisite for high-quality megaproject development. Our approach provides a guided study on how to enhance the role of micro-internal drivers in the management of attaining green innovation in megaprojects to help project managers achieve green performance and promote quality development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721524000292/pdfft?md5=8efd45ec5a1f8978eb8676390093bafb&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721524000292-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141844648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Renaissance of project marketing: Avenues for the utilisation of digital tools","authors":"Sebastian Toukola, Matias Ståhle, Tommi Mahlamäki","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100091","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Project marketing differs from other business-to-business (B2B) marketing processes due to its uniqueness and complexity of offers, which in turn makes the management of project marketing challenging. Although the use of digital tools has received increased attention in research on other forms of B2B marketing, few previous studies have concentrated on the project marketing view. To fill this gap, we conducted a two-phase qualitative study considering explicit digital tools for the project supplier's marketing process. Based on the results of this study, we identify a list of 117 digital tools that can be used in project marketing, which we divide into 11 categories. As our main contribution, we offer insights into suitable tools that suppliers can use in each step of the project marketing process. This study contributes novel knowledge about digital project marketing by offering an understanding of digital tools and their use in the project marketing process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100091"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49896810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking public infrastructure megaproject performance: Theorizing alternative benefits, and the need for open science in project research","authors":"Sam McLeod","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Megaprojects to deliver public infrastructure are said to perform terribly, yet governments continue to initiate them. Though irrationality and biases may play some role, there may be other explanations for these decisions. By building on Hirschman's Hiding Hand and Flyvbjerg's concept of megaproject sublimes, and drawing upon institutional theory, this conceptual article advances the hypothesis that formal cost-benefit analysis is inherently bounded, and may fail to account for diffuse benefits that may support the commencement of public projects. Flyvbjerg's megaproject sublimes are used to construct a framework of such benefits, and proposed methods to test and substantiate them. This explanation challenges the orthodox view of megaproject performance, offers a solution to the megaproject paradox, and demonstrates the critical need for open data and open science practices in project research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100080"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49884863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Student experiences of project-based learning in agile project management education","authors":"Carl Marnewick","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100096","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Project-based learning (PBL) is applied in various disciplines across the world and its benefits are well known and researched. For the past two decades, undergraduate information systems students at South African universities have been required to develop an artefact as part of a module. This is in the form of a project. PBL was formally applied at a South African university to determine the benefits to the students as well as how to improve the module for future students. The results indicate that all 13 criteria of PBL were met and that the students benefitted from a formal approach. They acquired various skills due to PBL that can be directly applied to the workplace. The results also indicate that PBL and the iterative nature of agile as an approach to develop the artefact complement each other. Although PBL assisted the students in learning, the specific skill set required was not determined and measured. This will form part of future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100096"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49847001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Florian Spychiger, Michael Lustenberger, Jens Martignoni, Lukas Schädler, Patrick Lehner
{"title":"Organizing projects with blockchain through a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)","authors":"Florian Spychiger, Michael Lustenberger, Jens Martignoni, Lukas Schädler, Patrick Lehner","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100102","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Blockchain and its related concept of decentral autonomous organization (DAO) is starting to influence project management. But how might project management supported by blockchain technology look like? And how would such a new form change and affect traditional project management? Not many concepts have been designed or even implemented yet. We chose an experimental framework to answer the first aspects of these questions. We developed a Decentralized Autonomous Project Organization (DAPO) and conducted an experiment to study the impact of blockchain on traditional project management. We show that such a blockchain-based approach can support the management of simple projects. Further, a fair and clear incentive scheme seems crucial and influences the way team members engage in the work. Also, more decentralized project management increases the importance of social aspects-related project management principles such as teamwork, self-organization, and cultural aspects, while principles related to budget, objectives, and schedule remain unchanged.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721523000236/pdfft?md5=5754bb2c2ad70832c1bd27ae1eb6695c&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721523000236-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72250092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climbing to the top: Personal life stories on becoming megaproject leaders","authors":"Alfons van Marrewijk , Shankar Sankaran , Nathalie Drouin , Ralf Müller","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100085","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper captures a better understanding of the career development of people leading megaprojects through the use of biographical research method. The characteristics of megaprojects cause serious and diverse challenges for their leaders, but programs where they are trained to overcome these challenges are not easily available around the world. We used a biographic research to gather sixteen life histories of megaproject leaders from ten different countries. This approach helps to explore megaproject leaders as people and how they have learned to become leaders. Findings show that leaders learned to manage megaprojects through a lifetime interaction of: (1) personal characteristics of leaders, (2) turning points in their lives, (3) value orientations stemming from their family, region or religion, (4) their relationship to the project team, and (5) their professionalization through a diversity of projects. These findings add to our knowledge on leaders’ career development that this not only depends on individual agency but also on contextual influences which span a lifetime. Furthermore, the findings contribute to the debate on narrative inquiry methods by demonstrating the full potential of biographical research method for understanding megaproject leadership. Finally, the findings contribute to the debate on megaprojects leaders with real accounts of how people have become leaders through self-development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100085"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49884855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}