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Examining project learning, project management competencies, and project efficiency in project-based firms (PBFs)
Wise MaingaThe purpose of this paper is to use survey data to rank the relative importance of perceived factors that inhibit the transfer of knowledge across projects and examine the…
Managing competence and learning in knowledge-intensive, project-intensive organizations: A case study of a public organization
Rolf Medina, Alicia MedinaCompetence management should no longer be considered as disconnected activities with few relationships with the organizational goals. It is the viewpoint that competence…
The organization design perspective on the project-based organization: a structured review
Maxim Miterev, J. Rodney Turner, Mauro ManciniThe purpose of this paper is to use an organizational design perspective to determine the scope of the state-of-the art of research into project-based organizations.
Contractual governance as a source of institutionalised waste in construction: A review, implications, and road map for future research directions
Saad Sarhan, Christine Pasquire, Emmanuel Manu, Andrew KingThe construction industry has been subject to substantial criticism for its short-term “hit-and-run” relationships which are focussed on win-lose situations. Despite the wide…
Enriching project organizations with formal change agents: Health promotion projects at the workplace
Pernille Eskerod, Just Bendix Justesen, Gisela SjøgaardProject success requires effective and efficient cooperation between the project organization and the permanent organization in which the project takes place. The purpose of this…
The lived experience of project leadership in a loosely coupled transient context
Christopher Cullen, Brian LeavyThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the lived experience of the project leader and generate additional insight into the relationship between the social and technical…
Defining project efficiency, effectiveness and efficacy
Youcef J.-T. Zidane, Nils O.E. OlssonThis paper studies how the concepts of efficiency, effectiveness and efficacy are used in project management literature. The concepts relate to the degree of success or failure of…
Sustainable infrastructure development challenges through PPP procurement process: Indian perspective
Nilesh Agarchand, Boeing LaishramInfrastructure development through public-private partnership (PPP) route in India has exhibited concerns about not promoting progress toward sustainable development goals…
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- Prof Nathalie Drouin