Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Project Management Journal |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 20-32 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISSN | 8756-9728 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Context
- Institutional theory
- Institutions
- Management of projects
- Portfolio management
- Program management
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Managing the Institutional Context for Projects. / Geraldi, Joana ; Morris, Peter.
In: Project Management Journal, Vol. 42, No. 6, 2011, p. 20-32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing the Institutional Context for Projects
AU - Geraldi, Joana
AU - Morris, Peter
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Project Management is widely seen as delivering undertakings ‘on time, in budget, to scope’. This conceptualization fails however to address the front-end and its management. Addressing this moves the discipline to a second, more strategic level. This paper proposes a third level of conceptualization: the institutional level, where management is focused on creating the conditions to support and foster projects, both in its parent organization and its external environment. Management here is done for and on the project rather than in or to it. We show that management at this level offers an enlarged research agenda and improvement in performance.
AB - Project Management is widely seen as delivering undertakings ‘on time, in budget, to scope’. This conceptualization fails however to address the front-end and its management. Addressing this moves the discipline to a second, more strategic level. This paper proposes a third level of conceptualization: the institutional level, where management is focused on creating the conditions to support and foster projects, both in its parent organization and its external environment. Management here is done for and on the project rather than in or to it. We show that management at this level offers an enlarged research agenda and improvement in performance.
KW - Context
KW - Institutional theory
KW - Institutions
KW - Management of projects
KW - Portfolio management
KW - Program management
KW - Context
KW - Institutional theory
KW - Institutions
KW - Management of projects
KW - Portfolio management
KW - Program management
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U2 - 10.1002/pmj.20271
DO - 10.1002/pmj.20271
M3 - Journal article
VL - 42
SP - 20
EP - 32
JO - Project Management Journal
JF - Project Management Journal
SN - 8756-9728
IS - 6
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