scholarly journals Integration, Application and Importance of Collaboration in Sustainable Project Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Larsson ◽  
Lisa Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
Infrastructure Maintenance

The need to consider sustainability has substantially increased the complexity of implementing construction and infrastructure projects and new management practices have emerged during the past decade to tackle the global sustainability challenges, where the engagement and coordination of broader competences from stakeholders throughout the supply chain is required. This new project management paradigm has been accompanied by greater attention to the concept of collaborative business arrangements, often called partnering, that has emerged in construction and infrastructure projects to improve project deliveries. However, there are uncertainties about the optimal strategy to foster, integrate and maintain the required collaboration, particularly in sustainable management practices in infrastructure maintenance projects. This paper addresses these uncertainties, based on a single case study of an infrastructure maintenance contract involving an extensive collaborative business arrangement. The findings reveal that different collaborative practices affect diverse aspects of sustainable project management. Further, the extensive collaborative business arrangement has promoted sustainable deliveries based upon organizational learning and continuous improvements. Thus, this study offers an encouraging example of how extensive collaboration can be fostered and play a key role in sustainable project management practices.

scholarly journals Integration, Application and Importance of Collaboration in Sustainable Project Management

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Larsson ◽  
Lisa Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
Infrastructure Maintenance

The need to consider sustainability has substantially increased the complexity of implementing construction and infrastructure projects and new management practices have emerged during the past decade to tackle the global sustainability challenges, where the engagement and coordination of broader competences from stakeholders throughout the supply chain is required. This new project management paradigm has been accompanied by greater attention to the concept of collaborative business arrangements, often called partnering, that has emerged in construction and infrastructure projects to improve project deliveries. However, there are uncertainties about the optimal strategy to foster, integrate and maintain the required collaboration, particularly in sustainable management practices in infrastructure maintenance projects. This paper addresses these uncertainties, based on a single case study of an infrastructure maintenance contract involving an extensive collaborative business arrangement. The findings reveal that different collaborative practices affect diverse aspects of sustainable project management. Further, the extensive collaborative business arrangement has promoted sustainable deliveries based upon organizational learning and continuous improvements. Thus, this study offers an encouraging example of how extensive collaboration can be fostered and play a key role in sustainable project management practices.

scholarly journals A Influência do Nível de Competências e de Maturidade em Gestão de Projetos no Resultado Corporativo de uma Empresa do Setor de Transformação

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-30
Author(s):  
Gislaine Cristina dos Santos Teixeira ◽  
Emerson Antonio Maccari ◽  
Daniel Simonsen
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Operating Performance ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Probability Of Success ◽  
Strategic Execution

The knowledge and project management practices contribute to the strategic execution and the maturity of these methodologies increases significantly the probability of success project. Even though, corporations, which instilled this methodology on their strategies, have tabled a number of projects showing less than satisfactory outcomes, due to set of factors linked to management and to corporate strategy implanted. This article aims to analyze the influence of competence and maturity in project management of matrix teams and managers in the results of projects and therefore on the corporate results. The research is qualitative, based on the method of single case study. The main results indicate the existence of a strong influence between skills and maturity in project management in operating performance and results of the organization. 

Knowledge risk management in the public sector: insights into a Swedish municipality

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 717-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Durst ◽  
Birgitta Lindvall ◽  
Guido Bruns
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public

Purpose This study aims to contribute to the understanding of knowledge risk management (KRM) and a range of related knowledge management practices in the public sector through a case study conducted in a Swedish municipality. Design/methodology/approach A single case study was conducted in a Swedish municipality involving two offices. Data were collected through an online survey, group interviews and group exercises involving members of the offices who represented different functions, roles and age groups. Findings The findings underline the need for a systematic approach to KRM for being in a position to continuously deliver the municipality’s products and services, specifically against the knowledge challenges ahead. In addition, the authors identified a number of internal and external factors that are challenging KRM. Research limitations/implications Data were collected from a single case study, to generalize the findings future research should study additional local governments. Practical implications A holistic KRM framework is proposed intended to help managers tackle present and future challenges in the public sector. Originality/value The study contributes to the underdeveloped field of KRM by providing insights into KRM and KRM-related activities found in a Swedish municipality.

Analyzing industry changes and business evolution: the path forward for Midwest Equipment Company

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-21
Author(s):  
Larry Gene Straub ◽  
John Perry
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Agricultural Equipment ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Boom And Bust ◽  
Industry Conditions

Theoretical basis The case illustrates how environmental forces affect an industry’s profitability. PESTEL and five forces analyses can be used to examine the retail agricultural equipment industry. Research methodology Single case study. Case overview/synopsis Jonathan Sullivan has a decision to make. His company is struggling due to difficult industry conditions. He is questioning if the company can continue to survive. MEC is an agricultural equipment dealer. The industry has experienced boom-and-bust periods since the company was founded. But the current downturn seems different. The past five years have been difficult as manufacturers have changed their dealership practices. Jonathan has struggled with some of the new practices the manufacturers have implemented. These new practices could negatively impact the company’s ability to survive. Jonathan wonders, “What is the best path forward for the business?” Complexity academic level The case is designed to be used in an undergraduate strategic management course.

Managing technology development

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano MAGISTRETTI ◽  
Claudio DELL’ERA ◽  
Åsa ÖBERG ◽  
Roberto VERGANTI
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Analysis

In the past few decades, several researchers have tried to understand how technology development can be influenced to reduce development expenditures. Moreover, the growing attention to idea generation from both practitioners and academics has given rise to several different veins of inquiry. Considering this, in the literature several studies have attempted to cluster the existing methods to select the technology to be developed (i.e. technology future analysis), but few have tried to medialize how technology development can be influenced in the following stages of evolution. In addition, the increasing attention that enterprises pay to design can be of help in understanding the role that a design mindset can play in technology development. Therefore, this article aims to investigate those managerial practices that can enhance the development of technologies. The methodology used is the single-case study, and the company analysed is Fullpower. Through the investigation, the article identifies a process that can enrich managers’ knowledge regarding technology development by proposing a two-step process

Exploration of revenue management practices – case of an upscale budget hotel chain

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1791-1813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rania El Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Revenue Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Price Fairness ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hotel Chain

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the implementation of revenue management (RM) pricing practices and managers’ perceptions towards this practice in a budget hotel chain and to provide recommendations for improving the adoption of and perception towards this practice. Design/methodology/approach – A single case study method was adopted to conduct an in-depth qualitative research in a hotel organization. In-depth data were collected through semi-structured interviews, observations and documentation. Findings – The research findings indicate that the implementation of revenue management system (RMS): needs to be clearly communicated and made tangible to employees; can impact the profitability of the budget hotel sector and not only mid-scale or luxury sectors; and remains a profit-oriented decision with little consideration for customer outcomes. Research limitations/implications – The findings may not apply to mid-scale or luxury properties, as the results cannot be generalized to other hotel chains in other countries that apply complex pricing structures. Future research might develop multiple case study design to increase the rigor of the research by focusing on themes or patterns uncovered in a single case study. Practical implications – The practical application of the study is twofold: the recommendation to maintain ongoing implementation activities, such as designing operational plans and training programs; the recommendation for a RM pricing strategy that maintains positive price fairness perceptions and results in positive behavioral intentions. Originality/value – This study helps advance our understanding of the characteristics that influence the success of RM implementation in the budget hotel context and provides us with useful insights to design effective dynamic strategies to enhance the implementation process both for the organization and its stakeholders.

scholarly journals The Change of a Changer: A Single Case Study of the Indigenization of a Chinese Counseling Psychologist

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongmei Wang ◽  
Baoyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Scientific Psychology ◽  
Counseling Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Direction

Over the past several decades, the increasing popularization of psychological counseling has underlined a strong need for an indigenous approach to counseling. The current study adopted a single-case study method to construct a narrative of the indigenization process of psychotherapy in mainland China based on a comprehensive description of one prominent counseling psychologist’s experience over the past half-century. Through interviews and records of fieldwork involving the psychologist (as the case) in 10 months between 2016 and 2017, the current study analyzed the indigenization process from the following three aspects: knowledge production, counseling practice, and student training. The findings showed that there was an underlying tension between the psychologist’s traditional wisdom and his professional training in scientific psychology during the indigenization process. However, the findings of this study further revealed something missing from previous studies. First, the client-centered counselor did not assume “power” during counseling sessions, which differs from critical viewpoints in medical anthropology. Second, the students being trained underwent fundamental changes in values rather than learning a technique or resolving problems. Third, the psychologist’s life history affected his thoughts and professional practice, which occurred in a sociocultural historical context. Finally, the implications for the future direction of the indigenization of counseling practice are discussed.

Investigating the “fate” of Intellectual Capital indicators: a case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Serena Chiucchi ◽  
Marco Montemari
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Growth Decline ◽  
Actual Use ◽  
Rich Data

Purpose – Although several frameworks for measuring and reporting Intellectual Capital (IC) have been developed over the past two decades, their actual use in practice is still limited. The purpose of this paper is to answer the call to analyze IC practices from a critical and performative perspective by investigating how and why IC indicators may end up not being used, thus shedding light on the barriers to their use. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a single in-depth case study and focusses attention on the fragility of the IC indicators as well on the interactions that occur among subjects while transmitting IC indicators. Findings – The case analysis shows how the different perspectives and expectations that are at stake when subjects engage with IC indicators can play a central role in hindering or enabling their use in practice. Expecting IC indicators to be able to accurately represent and to objectively signal the size and the growth/decline of IC, i.e. to be complete and isomorphic measures, can act as a barrier to their use. The case also shows that scores play a role in hindering the use of the IC indicators; the subjects disputed the scores when they did not confirm their perception of reality, and the lack of completeness and isomorphism of the IC indicators, i.e. their fragility, was the reason put forward to justify the subjects’ refusal to accept the scores and thus, to use these measures. Research limitations/implications – Although the use of a single case study provides in-depth and rich data, it also limits the generalizability of the observations to other companies. Moreover, the findings obtained may be influenced by the specific IC framework and indicators adopted. Originality/value – Differently from most previous IC research, this paper focusses attention on the transmission of indicators and ultimately, on their “fate,” and it contributes to the understanding of how and why IC indicators may be produced but not used, thus hindering the diffusion of IC frameworks in practice.

The diffusion of management ideas within the MNC: under the sway of the corporate immune system

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Kristiansen ◽  
Roger Schweizer
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Multinational Company ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Development Practice

Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the multinational company (MNC) literature by studying the diffusion of a management idea within an MNC and its interaction with the MNC’s corporate immune system (CIS). Design/methodology/approach The qualitative single case study draws on evidence of how a management idea augments within an MNC and changes its development practice. Findings The study identifies four phases of the diffusion process and presents the interaction between the management idea and the CIS in each phase. Practical implications The more subsidiaries within an MNC that take the initiative to adopt a management idea, the harder will it become for the headquarters (HQ) to reject it. Thus, to ensure that changes in management practices are based on informed and, ideally, deliberate decisions, managers should critically evaluate management ideas immediately at inception. Originality/value The study breaks new ground by explaining how the CIS reacts to the diffusion of management ideas in MNCs.

Systematic risk-analysis to support a living maintenance programme for railway infrastructure

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-340
Author(s):  
Peter Söderholm ◽  
Terje Nilsen
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Railway Infrastructure ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Infrastructure Maintenance ◽  
Maintenance Programme

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe an application of an effective risk-based methodology to support a living maintenance programme for railway infrastructure. Design/methodology/approach The overall research strategy is a single case study of switches and crossings at the Iron Ore Line in northern Sweden. The analysis was performed as a risk workshop guided by a methodology that integrates reliability-centred maintenance and barrier analysis. Findings The applied methodology is valuable to systematise and improve the existing maintenance programme, as well as supporting a continued living maintenance programme. Research limitations/implications The single case study approach may decrease the validity of the achieved results. However, similar case studies corroborate the results, which affect the validity in a positive way. Practical implications The resulting maintenance programme is effective, through compliance with external requirements, and more efficient, through improvements of tasks and intervals. Social implications An enhanced railway infrastructure maintenance programme contributes to improved safety, punctuality, and costs. Hence, railway becomes a more attractive mode of transport. Thereby, it also supports a safety performance of the railway that society is willing to pay for. Originality/value Significant improvements of the maintenance programme are achieved through adjustment of inspection intervals and tasks. The results also support the development of indicators, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

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