N. Jakubeit, J. Braaksma, M. Rajabalinejad, L. V. van Dongen
{"title":"Coordinating Project Complexities in Inter-Organizational Railway Projects – a Multiple Case Study Highlighting the Importance of Relational Coordination (Part II)","authors":"N. Jakubeit, J. Braaksma, M. Rajabalinejad, L. V. van Dongen","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3945142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3945142","url":null,"abstract":"Inter-organizational projects are often coordinated by means of planning & control, whereas their complexities are more dynamic. This paper aims to expand the literature on the system life cycle view by demonstrating the importance of relational coordination in the early stages of inter-organizational projects. Especially in the technical environment of inter-organizational transportation projects, it is important to create awareness of the need for mutual understanding of the interests of all parties involved, and early relational coordination. These, when combined, appear to facilitate decision-making and system integration.","PeriodicalId":399724,"journal":{"name":"TESConf 2021: Sustainability","volume":"127 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116379105","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}
Merishna Ramtahalsing, W. Haanstra, J. Braaksma, M. Rajabalinejad, L. V. van Dongen
{"title":"Systems Control in Railway Transport, Challenges Towards Managing Integration","authors":"Merishna Ramtahalsing, W. Haanstra, J. Braaksma, M. Rajabalinejad, L. V. van Dongen","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3944752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3944752","url":null,"abstract":"The growing demand for optimal rail mobility requires an efficient and well-integrated railway system, one which can cope with technical, logistical, and environmental constraints, to enable sustainable growth. This demand has led to numerous (proposed) changes in railways, including in the Dutch railway system. Because of this, managing system integration is currently a trending topic. Besides technology, systems integration involves humans, organizations, processes, and information sharing. Hence, challenges related to system integration can be manifold. In order to get insight into these integration challenges in practice, 43 semi-structured exploratory interviews are conducted in the Dutch railway context. In our qualitative data analysis, challenges are analyzed from two frameworks taking a systems perspective. This research reveals numerous challenges faced in this context, most dominant here is the desire to effectively manage changes. Specifically, our analysis and subsequent mapping on systems control theory shows that many of these challenges revolve around effective control in the railway system. Finally, our research shows that future research should be aimed at gaining early insight and models on changes to be integrated into railway systems. In addition, the findings of this research can be used to help practitioners and researchers to work towards not only recognizing but also resolving the specified integration challenges.","PeriodicalId":399724,"journal":{"name":"TESConf 2021: Sustainability","volume":"155 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126550179","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}