Kevan M. Rowe , Stephen Jonathan Whitty , Bronte van der Hoorn
{"title":"Creating authority and autonomy: Necessary dialectical tensions in public sector project management","authors":"Kevan M. Rowe , Stephen Jonathan Whitty , Bronte van der Hoorn","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2024.100119","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the nuanced relationship between public sector project managers and their adherence to organizational project management protocols, as defined by reference documents such as PRINCE2 and PMBOK® Guide. It investigates why these project managers frequently deviate from these protocols. The study investigates the practical relevance yet perceived redundancy of these documents through interviews and a focus group with nine experienced project managers in the Australian public sector. Using thematic analysis and a Derridean perspective, we show how these documents create a project manager's their authority and autonomy. The study concludes with the proposal of a deconstructive theory of public sector project management, emphasising pragmatism over rigid adherence to established project management ideologies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721524000048/pdfft?md5=7d731313e766cf61ee7b1dc67be882c1&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721524000048-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139999404","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":"A novel cost of quality simulation to better select bidders in public private partnerships projects","authors":"Milind Jagtap , Darshan Mahajan","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100116","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100116","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bidder selection is a complex procurement decision that often surfaces in most project-based industries. The widely preferred institutional logic of low-cost bidder causes quality-related issues and poor revenue generation in the operations and maintenance phase. Therefore, the present research aims to evaluate bidder selection using the cost of quality principles. The research framework based on the cost of quality is formulated, and the risk of bidder selection associated with the cost of quality and revenue generation is assessed using @risk simulation software. The revenue generation of the facility is simulated with bid price and cost quality and subsequently validated using a case of a public-private partnership water supply project of Latur City in India. The research contribution entails that bidder selection based on price can be undertaken, provided the bidder has demonstrated evidence of the investment in the cost of quality. The research has demonstrated that the bidders possessing the larger water augmentation capacity and lower cost of quality expenditure are more likely to generate higher revenue than the competing bidders. Therefore, the bidder selection based on price alone will not yield adequate revenue generation during water operations and maintenance phases of water supply projects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721524000012/pdfft?md5=3c4e64b452f32cb0e628c1c0bbad04e0&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721524000012-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139539434","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":"“I can say things I wouldn't normally say”: Changing project delivery implementation and social networks as drivers of institutional change in Nordic infrastructure projects","authors":"Anna af Hällström, Petra Bosch-Sijtsema","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100117","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2024.100117","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The implementation of collaborative project delivery models introduces new ways of working, changing processes and behaviours, and influencing network structures, especially in major inter-organisational projects. The ongoing standardisation thereof helps align the industry and change infrastructure institutions while the formation of network ties in a specific project can in turn guide the implementation of the models. We study how this deliberate change of governance structures impact project institutions through two Nordic infrastructure projects, which show how different project networks result in either a successfully implemented change or a return to traditional behaviours. Our findings show first, how inter-organisational projects with a collaborative approach can change institutions through the interaction of institutional levels and second, that network ties helps changing the institutional context, role behaviours and project processes. The findings contribute to the discussion on institutional change and give empirical evidence of how project networks help explain the success or failure of institutional change initiatives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721524000024/pdfft?md5=f03ebb086bf5b52ccc160f67635628fe&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721524000024-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139539497","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":"2024-01-01","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":"Structures of persuasion: Analysing the discourse surrounding a failed public project","authors":"Magnus Yngvi Josefsson","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721523000352/pdfft?md5=272a5df779afa0bfecad6e3175cba7b5&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721523000352-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139406478","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}
Stewart R. Clegg , Miguel Pina e Cunha , Aníbal López , Emir Sirage , Arménio Rego
{"title":"Tackling sustainable development goals through new space","authors":"Stewart R. Clegg , Miguel Pina e Cunha , Aníbal López , Emir Sirage , Arménio Rego","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100107","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100107","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitutes a formidable challenge. Existing solutions may be insufficient to respond to the scale and scope of the endeavour. The 17 SDGs are not discrete but interconnected, sustained by 169 targets. Their cross-level effects require the adoption of a panarchical view of data. New Space projects, still unfamiliar to many managers and organizations, provide such data related to grand challenges capable of addressing the paradoxes that arise from the interaction of a system of systems of multiple scales of spatiality, temporality and social organization. To address these requires project managing developing capabilities that can connect everyday interventions in terrestrial economy and society with high level data findings from Geospatial Information Systems. We contribute to the SDG debate through the articulation of three streams of literature that may radically revise the way wicked problems are addressed: panarchy, paradox, and New Space.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721523000285/pdfft?md5=3fdb37b4922d591207b79da0b2e46f2a&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721523000285-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138988800","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":"Exploring potential political corruption in large-scale infrastructure projects in Nigeria","authors":"Olugboyega Oluseye","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100108","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Political corruption is especially relevant for large-scale projects because of their popularity among politicians and citizens alike, as well as their inherent qualities. The goal of this study is to find out about the causes, methods, occurrences, and effects of political corruption in large-scale infrastructure projects in Nigeria. The investigation uses a case analysis of Lagos-Ibadan Highway and was divided into two stages: the 1999–2009 political era and the 2010–2019 political era. The information was gathered through document and report analysis. The symptomatic investigation of the political corruption of the Lagos-Ibadan Highway was guided by a conceptual model based on symptoms. Within-case and cross-case comparative theme analysis were performed on the dataset. The investigation indicated how the occurrence of patronage, influence peddling, embezzlement, and biased law enforcement can explain political corruption in the highway project. The investigation resulted in a better understanding of the reasons for the project's failure and abandonment. The knowledge can be used to prevent political corruption in public projects and to lay the groundwork for long-term infrastructure development. This study was limited because it was unable to provide unambiguous evidence to prove that political corruption occurred in the case study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721523000297/pdfft?md5=541b6b9b2bc64d93ffca1965389821a0&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721523000297-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138839204","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":"Process competences to incorporate in higher education curricula","authors":"S.A. Nijhuis , M.D. Endedijk , W.F.M. Kessels , R. Vrijhoef","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100105","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100105","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study reports on a survey on project managers' priorities. The survey used ISO 21500 as a scaffold to ask various respondents, like junior, experienced, and senior project managers, project sponsors, and students, to share their perceptions on the priorities for junior project managers. The respondent groups shared similar perceptions. Furthermore, project type and sector had little effect on junior project managers' priorities. Experienced and senior project managers shared their own priorities as well. The perceptions of priorities for junior, experienced, and senior project managers were mostly alike. However, experienced and senior project managers' priorities seemed slightly more affected by project type and sector. A session with experts in project management and teaching project management highlighted that the results for junior project managers could provide accents for introducing project management to students in higher education, provided the entire playing field of project management is also introduced.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721523000261/pdfft?md5=9eb05172434ee513bf4c2e1ce5d7e491&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721523000261-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138613178","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}
Juan Augusto Nihoul, Francesc Miralles, Laurentiu Neamtu
{"title":"Understanding response to perturbations in collaborative projects from a complex generative and adaptive systems perspective","authors":"Juan Augusto Nihoul, Francesc Miralles, Laurentiu Neamtu","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100106","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Continuity in collaborative projects may be affected by perturbations originated by unknown or unexpected situations. This research addresses the knowledge gap related to how teams effectively overcome disruptions in collaborative projects in order to reach resilience. The study explores the relationships amongst three interconnected constructs— equivocality, governance, and interorganizational learning— as key factors to be considered during perturbations.</p><p>A systemic perspective using the lenses of complex adaptive and generative systems (complexity theory) has been approached. Using a cross-case analysis, the research's contribution is summarized through a model that offers explanations into how a successful case (the LOCUTIOS project) overcame effectively two instances of perturbations, within a high-uncertainty context.</p><p>The model proposes two different reaction patterns, characterized by different learning behaviours (adaptive or generative), governance approaches (complementarity or substitution), and role of equivocality (driver or barrier) to knowledge exploration. Highlights of various forms of resilience within collaborative projects when unknown unknowns arise were exposed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666721523000273/pdfft?md5=cfb50521f87e77bd645897addd8aa37f&pid=1-s2.0-S2666721523000273-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138577714","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}
Maximilian Müller , Constanta-Nicoleta Bodea , Mladen Radujković
{"title":"A process framework of shared leadership emergence in product development project teams","authors":"Maximilian Müller , Constanta-Nicoleta Bodea , Mladen Radujković","doi":"10.1016/j.plas.2023.100104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2023.100104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Shared leadership is a complex phenomenon as it is a dynamic, interactive, and cyclic process that is shared among several team members at different times. The focus of research on shared leadership is on the preconditions and consequences of shared leadership, but little is known about the process of its emergence. In our study, we take a process perspective to gain deep insights into the emergence of shared leadership. In an exploratory case study, data were collected through observation of team meetings, semi-structured interviews and internal project documents and analysed via a coding process and content analysis. Based on our findings, we develop a process framework for the emergence of shared leadership in a product development project team. We make several contributions. First, we extend the theory of shared leadership by adding a process framework for the emergence of shared leadership in product development project teams. Second, we enhance the leadership emergence theory to include additional antecedents and process mechanisms. Third, we extend the functional leadership theory by identifying the occurrence of leadership functions. The practical contributions we make are relevant for project managers/sub-project leaders and team members to promote and develop shared leadership in product development project teams.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101050,"journal":{"name":"Project Leadership and Society","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266672152300025X/pdfft?md5=06a4853dca844e6b57984d82b03b7fe0&pid=1-s2.0-S266672152300025X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138472036","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}