Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Shankar Sankaran (University of Technology, Sydney) ,  Ralf Müller ,  Nathalie Drouin (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   0.960kg
ISBN:  

9781107157729

ISBN 10:   1107157722
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   23 May 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Table of Contents

Foreword; Introduction; Part I. Strategy: Section summary Nathalie Drouin; 1. The nature of organizational project management through the lens of integration Nathalie Drouin, Ralf Müller and Shankar Sankaran; 2. The business of projects in and across organizations Miia Martinsuo, Rami Sariola and Lauri Vuorinen; 3. Strategic OPM: why companies need to adopt a strategic approach to project management? Vered Holzman, Aaron Shenhar and Joca Stefanovic; 4. Strengthening the connections between strategy and organizational project management Kam Jugdev; 5. Project portfolio management: a dynamic capability and strategic asset Catherine Killen and Nathalie Drouin; Part II. Organizations: Section summary Ralf Muller; 6. The governance of organizational project management Rodney Turner and Ralf Muller; 7. Project portfolio management – the linchpin in strategy processes Julian Kopmann, Alexander Kock and Catherine Killen; 8. Program management Peerasit Patanakul and Jeffrey Pinto; 9. Organizing for the management of projects: the project management office in the dynamics of organizational design Monique Aubry and Melanie Lavoie-Tremblay; 10. Project governance and risk management: from first-order economizing to second-order complexity Stephane Tywoniak and Christophe Bredillet; Part III. People: Section summary Shankar Sankaran; 11. Human resource management in organizational project management: current trends and future prospects Anne Keegan, Martina Huemann and Claudia Ringhofer; 12. Stakeholders Pernille Eskerod; 13. Balanced leadership: a new perspective for leadership in organizational project management Ralf Müller, Johan Packendorff and Shankar Sankaran; 14. Project teams and their role in organizational project management Nathalie Drouin and Shankar Sankaran; 15. REAL knowledge at NASA: a knowledge services model for the modern project environment Ed Hoffman and John Boyle; 16. Change management as an organizational and project capability Julien Pollack; 17. The behavioral 'glue' in OPM – a review on productive behaviors of project team members Timo Braun; 18. Developing organizational project management competencies through industry clusters Chivonne Algeo and Julia Connell; Part IV. New Directions: Section summary Shankar Sankaran; 19. Ethics in projects Øyvind Kvalnes; 20. Multilevel value creation in projects, programs and portfolios: results from two case studies Karyne Ang, Christopher Biesenthal and Catherine Killen; 21. An inherent complexity: projects and organizations Kaye Remington; 22. Organizational project management and sustainable development (SD): managing the interface of organization and project SD benefits Lynn Keeys and Martina Huemann; 23. The marketing of organizational project management Rodney Turner and Laurence Lecoeuvre; 24. Shared space for organizations: enablers for innovative projects Kim van Oorschot; 25. Social media and project management: symbolism in action Hélène Delerue and Tom Cronje; Index; Conclusions.

Reviews

Advance praise: 'This book is both serious and inspiring; its presentation of organizational project management will satisfy even the most demanding readers. The very diverse chapter contents highlight the scope and importance of this new field of research and professional practice. Kudos to the three editors, who were able to recruit the most respected experts in this domain!' Mario Bourgault, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada Advance praise: 'The Cambridge Handbook on Organisational Project Management sets a new standard of knowledge for anyone involved in the challenge of implementing the concept of a project-based organization by integrating all project, program and portfolio related activities within the entire organization.' Yvonne Schoper, Hochschule fur Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin and Member of the Presidential Advisory Board of GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Projektmanagement e.V

Author Information

Shankar Sankaran is Professor of Organisational Project Management (OPM) in Australia at the University of Technology Sydney. Shankar teaches advanced courses in the Master of Project Management Program including key features of OPM. He was a Chief Investigator of two Australian Research Council funded research grants. He is member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Project Management. Shankar comes to academia after several years of experience as a major project manager and technical director in Yokogawa Electric Asia. He is currently involved in setting up a megaproject management research centre at his university. Ralf Müller is Professor of Project Management and former Associate Dean at BI Norwegian Business School. He lectures and researches in leadership, governance, organizational project management and research methods. Awards he has received include the 2016 Fellow of the Institute Award of the Project Management Institute (PMI), the 2015 PMI Research Achievement Award, and the 2012 IPMA Research Award. He is Senior Editor of the Project Management Journal. Before joining academia, he spent thirty years in consulting with large enterprises and governments in more than fifty different countries, including as Worldwide Director of Project Management at the NCR Corporation. Nathalie Drouin is the Executive Director of KHEOPS, an International Research Consortium on Large Infrastructure Projects, the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, a Professor at the Department of Management and Technology in the School of Management at Université du Québec at Montreal (ESG UQAM) and Adjunct Professor (Honorary Appointment) at University of Technology, Sydney. She is a former Associate Dean of Research at ESG UQAM and a former Director of the Graduate Project Management Programs, ESG UQAM. She teaches initiation and strategic management of projects in the Graduate Project Management Programs.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions