scholarly journals Factors Affecting Project Management in the Public Sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-214
Author(s):  
Ivana Nekvapilova ◽  
Jaromir Pitas
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Team ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Project Objectives

Abstract Abiding by the principles and rules of project management in the public administration environment provides project managers with a range of pitfalls that can influence the success of the project. This fact has been proved by a number of analysed projects. The managers themselves claim that the most challenging problem from the perspective of project management and assessment of the project success is the field of leadership (the leading of the project team by a project manager). The authors of this article have therefore identified the most important factors for assessing the success of the project management of a team by a manager at various stages of the lifecycle of a project. Furthermore, both the direct and indirect impact of not respecting these factors in achieving the project objectives and in creation of job satisfaction within the project team have been presented in compliance with the data analysis of completed projects in the public sector and the authors’ own experience in dealing with projects in the public sector. The article offers approaches to mitigate some negative aspects regarding the principles and rules of project management according to recognized international standards. Although the article is primarily intended for project managers in the public administration environment, it can also provide some inspiration for fresh approaches to the field of leadership for project managers in the private sector. This article was written as a part of the project Development of Social Skills of a Soldier (LEADER_DZRO_K104), funded by institutional support, which is intended for the development of research organizations in the Ministry of Defence (DZRO K-104) funded from.

Vienna Construction Projects: Redirection of Project Management Critical Success Factors—More Focus on Stakeholders and Soft Skills Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-359
Author(s):  
Helmut Wanivenhaus ◽  
Jure Kovač ◽  
Anja Žnidaršič ◽  
Igor Vrečko
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Critical Success

Although research interest in project management is increasingly directed at analyzing development trends in different business environments, the public sector in this respect has received surprisingly little intention. This paper analyzes the perception of the relevance of particular project management critical success factors among project managers and other project stakeholders in the public sector with relatively high organizational project management maturity. The main focus of research is the city of Vienna and its construction projects. An extensive quantitative survey showed the changing perceptions of the key projects’ success factors—namely, strengthening the importance of developing soft skills and stakeholders’ management.

scholarly journals The Manager Competences for Risk Management in the Public Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 393-398
Author(s):  
Ivana Nekvapilova ◽  
Jaromir Pitas
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Moral Competence ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Risk Management Process ◽  
New Situation

Abstract Implementation of risk management to the public sector in the Czech Republic presents itself to the new situation managers associated with many difficulties. These are primarily the ability to identify risks in public administration and ensure the proper functioning of their management process. The article aims to show the specifics of public administration in relation to the identification and risk management process and depending on the help of analogies derived from the model of key competences of managers necessary to successfully manage the entire process. In accordance with the stated aim of the text is divided into two main parts. In the competency model, emphasis is placed on the so-called Soft skills with focus on explaining the growing importance of moral competence in the risk management process, which is often neglected. This article was written as a part of the research project Development of Social Skills of a Soldier (LEADER_DZRO_K104), funded by institutional support which is intended for the development of research organizations in the Ministry of Defence (DZRO K- 104) funded from.

Project Management in Public Administration. Risks and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-24
Author(s):  
Ewa Kuczyńska ◽  
Mariusz Nepelski
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Monitoring Methods ◽  
The Public ◽  
Risk Monitoring ◽  
Risk Management Process ◽  
Potential Benefits

Project risk is the object of interest of people and institutions implementing and financing project activities. Each project brings new challenges and risks but also a chance to gain knowledge and development. That is why project management is becoming a standard that receives more and more attention. At the stage of launching a project, it is necessary to conduct risk analysis, which allows risks identification, characterisation and proper assessment. This analysis enables the development of a risk prevention plan, indicating ways to respond to challenging situations when they occur. It also allows the introduction of risk monitoring methods. The specified stages of risk management are well known in public administration, especially to those institutions that raise funds for implementing projects and then manage them. In public administration, institutions implementing projects are obliged to carry out management control, and some responsibilities related to risk management have been imposed on applicants. Therefore, it becomes necessary for project managers and unit managers to understand its (risk) importance for achieving the objectives of the organisation’s projects and the potential benefits that can be obtained after its effective implementation. Organisations that can take into account risk management awareness in projects will be able to use the risk management process to improve the results and increase the satisfaction of all parties interested in the implementation of projects. This article aims to present the identification and risk assessment in projects and challenges faced by the public administration, including the security system, which has been dynamically acquiring funds for implementing projects in recent years.

scholarly journals The ranking of dimensions for project-management efficiency in the public sector

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Hardus Van Zyl
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Efficiency ◽  
External Threats

The aim of the article is to introduce a project-management efficiency model in order to rank the dimensions of efficient project management in the public sector.There is a need to develop and introduce measurement instruments that would enable decision-makers to prioritise the important dimensions of efficient project management. The results of the model will also demonstrate how project management acts as the primary function to enhance organisational performance, codified through improved logical endstate programmes, work ethics and process contributions.The efficiency model/instrument that was developed can act as a tool to enable project managers to determine the important dimensions of efficient project management in their specific organisations.A greater level of efficiency can be achieved if the organisation can work more efficiently and provide more effective services. The introduction of efficient project-management practices for an organisation is of the utmost importance in helping the organisation to fundamentally adapt to external threats to its existence and focus its endeavours in a coordinated manner.

MEASURES FOR PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN R. MACEDONIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1919-1923
Author(s):  
Tatijana Ashtalkoska-Baloska ◽  
Aleksandra Srbinovska-Doncevsk
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Modest Contribution ◽  
Serious Crime ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Main Motive ◽  
The Republic

A number of abuses of power and position, daily committed for acquisition of unlawful profit, beyond of permitted and envisaged legal jobs, starting from the lowest level, to the so-called, daily corruption, which most often is related to existential needs and it acts harmless, not even grow into another form, to one that uses such profits as the main motive for generating huge illegal gains for a longer period of time, by exploiting and abusing high social position, corruption in public sector, but today already in private sector too, are part of corruption in the broadest sense, embracing all its forms, those who do not enter in zone of punishment and those who means committing of serious crime. It has many forms, but due to focusing on a particular problem, as a better way to contribute a solution, this paper will focus on the analysis of corruption in the public administration in the Republic of Macedonia, and finding measures for its prevention and reduction, which we hope will give a modest contribution to its real legal protection, not only in declarative efforts in some new strategy for its prevention and suppression.

scholarly journals Living Labs for Public Sector Innovation: An Integrative Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Lars Fuglsang ◽  
Anne Vorre Hansen ◽  
Ines Mergel ◽  
Maria Taivalsaari Røhnebæk
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Innovation ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Living Labs ◽  
Elusive Concept

The public administration literature and adjacent fields have devoted increasing attention to living labs as environments and structures enabling the co-creation of public sector innovation. However, living labs remain a somewhat elusive concept and phenomenon, and there is a lack of understanding of its versatile nature. To gain a deeper understanding of the multiple dimensions of living labs, this article provides a review assessing how the environments, methods and outcomes of living labs are addressed in the extant research literature. The findings are drawn together in a model synthesizing how living labs link to public sector innovation, followed by an outline of knowledge gaps and future research avenues.

Moving On Up? Effects of Leadership Training and Intersectoral Mobility on Women’s Advancement in Danish Public Administration Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734371X2110548
Author(s):  
Müge Kökten Finkel ◽  
Caroline Howard Grøn ◽  
Melanie M. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Upper Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Public Managers

Women’s underrepresentation in middle and upper management is a well-documented feature of the public sector that threatens performance and legitimacy. Yet, we know far less about the factors most likely to reduce these gender inequalities. In this article, we focus on two well-understood drivers of career advancement in public administration: leadership training and intersectoral mobility. In theory, training in leadership and experience across government levels and policy areas should help both women and men to climb management ranks. We use logistic regression to test this proposition using a representative sample of 1,819 Danish public managers. We find that leadership training disproportionately benefits women, and this helps to level the playing field. However, our analyses show that differences in intersectoral mobility do not explain the gender gap in public sector management.

scholarly journals Accounting and the post-new public management

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ileana Steccolini
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
Societal Relevance ◽  
New Public ◽  
Public Sector Accounting

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect various pathways for public sector accounting and accountability research in a post-new public management (NPM) context. Design/methodology/approach The paper first discusses the relationship between NPM and public sector accounting research. It then explores the possible stimuli that inter-disciplinary accounting scholars may derive from recent public administration studies, public policy and societal trends, highlighting possible ways to extend public sector accounting research and strengthen dialogue with other disciplines. Findings NPM may have represented a golden age, but also a “golden cage,” for the development of public sector accounting research. The paper reflects possible ways out of this golden cage, discussing future avenues for public sector accounting research. In doing so, it highlights the opportunities offered by re-considering the “public” side of accounting research and shifting the attention from the public sector, seen as a context for public sector accounting research, to publicness, as a concept central to such research. Originality/value The paper calls for stronger engagement with contemporary developments in public administration and policy. This could be achieved by looking at how public sector accounting accounts for, but also impacts on, issues of wider societal relevance, such as co-production and hybridization of public services, austerity, crises and wicked problems, the creation and maintenance of public value and democratic participation.

scholarly journals A Framework for Results Based Management to The Public Sector in Egypt:Challenges and Opportunities

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Wael Omran Aly
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Third World ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
National Development ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The Public ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
Effective Development

Abstract:After the Second World War, the newly emerged independent third world countries faced immense problems such as poverty, illiteracy, poor health, low agriculture and industrial productivity and social instability. The idea of development administration was born with the above-stated pragmatic concern. Since then, third world countries strived to adopt development administration principles and techniques; in order to transform their conventional traditional public administration into modern development administration that can lead the prospective development.Such conventional public administration deals with regulatory aspects of administration such as law and order, judicial administration and revenue collection, development administration is concerned with the socio-economic developmental activities. Thus, traditional public administration is structure-oriented while developmental administration is action- oriented. Many third world countries failed in realizing such desired shift by converting its conventional public administration to effective development administration; able to achieve the intended national development via the formulation and the implementation of plans, policies, programs and projects necessary for sustainable development purposes. Such bad governance had led the people to go up against such government; as it happens lately in some Arab countries like Egypt and Tunisia.Therefore, the public sector in Egypt need to be deregulated, a new results-based management is a must; to hold managers accountable. This is a fundamental change: holding managers accountable for what they do, not how they do it. The public sector reform initiatives (especially the New Public management –NPM) have resulted in changing the accountability concept; from accountability in terms of procedural compliance to accountability in terms of efficiency and results (effectiveness and cost effectiveness).  

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