Report from the 2017 IPMA Research Conference on project success

Schoper, Yvonne

doi:10.5130/pmrp.ipmarc2017.6005

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“…For 40% of the time, administrative activities are carried out in the public sector. These results confirm the level of projectification in Germany's public sector [14] and show clearly that the level of projectification is less evolved in the public sector than in the private industry.…”

Section: Importance Of Projects In the Day-to-day Work (Question 1)supporting

confidence: 78%

“…The extent of projectification differs both within the individual sectors of a country and between countries with their specific economic orientation [13]. When comparing the figures for projectification in Germany with countries such as Iceland, Croatia, or China, it is noticeable that the public sector in Germany is only half as projectified as the average of the economy, whereas in the other countries the projectification of the public sector is above average [14].…”

Section: Projectification An Enduring Trendmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Influence of Leadership on the Projectification of the Public Construction Sector in Germany

2023

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While the projectification of society continues to evolve, it is clearly lagging behind in the public construction sector in Germany. The purpose of the research upon which this article is based was to reveal the role that leadership has on the projectification of the construction sector and to identify the differences between the public and private sectors. Building on the theoretical concept of Institutional Work, semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted on both sides of the construction sector in Germany to ultimately reconcile the findings. The interview’s transcripts were analyzed by applying qualitative content analysis. The responses from the private sector show a very high significance of projects for everyday work and a further trend toward projectification in enterprises. This development is attributable to a positive image of executing projects in the private sector and to the leadership provided. In contrast, projects in the public sector still play a rather subordinate role and tend to be perceived culturally and cognitively as being exceptional. As projects are increasingly important for the public sector, leaders can play a key role in nurturing the necessary cultural and cognitive conditions for projectification. The application of Institutional Work concepts opens promising perspectives for future research in the context of projectification.

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confidence: 78%

Section: Projectification An Enduring Trendmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Leadership on the Projectification of the Public Construction Sector in Germany

2023

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“…Therefore, it opens up new directions for research that may further explore different additional factors that influence the examined relationships. Schoper et al (2016) predicted that sustainability would be one of the key areas of project management development by the year 2025. Therefore, the authors would like to encourage other researchers to build and test models aiming to increase SPP.…”

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The nexus of project management approaches in sustainable development: innovative behaviors as a mechanism in the Polish financial industry

Piwowar-Sulej,

Iqbal

2024

IJMPB

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PurposeBased on the social exchange theory, the aim of the present study is to examine the effects, both direct and indirect (through sustainability-oriented innovative behaviors [SIBs]), of sustainable project leadership (SPL) on sustainable project performance (SPP). Project management approaches (PMAs) (traditional, hybrid and agile) were examined as conditional factors in the “SPL–SIBs” relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs structural equation modeling based on data collected from 197 software engineering project team members working in the financial industry in Poland.FindingsThe study revealed that SPL significantly, positively affected SPP. It also provided evidence for the significant mediating impact of SIBs in the relationship between SPL and SPP and the conditional effect of agile and hybrid PMAs on the “SPL–SIBs” relationship.Originality/valueThe novelty of this work lies in introducing sustainable leadership into project management research, proposing and testing a unique and complex research framework, designing valid scales for measuring SPL and SPP, and suggesting many theoretical and empirical implications.

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“…In an era dominated by change, automatization and digitalization of processes, more and more people work in projects to realize the strategies of the executives, to create innovations and to further develop these ideas into new products and services, marketing campaigns or the improvement of internal processes in organizations [15]. This is also because products and services tend to be obsolete more rapidly than in the past.…”

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Project Managers Are the Best Candidates to Manage Innovation

Lavalle

Casale²

2020

Int. J. Adv. Corp. Learn.

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New technologies are changing our society bringing both great opportunities and enormous risks; therefore it is of paramount importance to understand how to cope with the ongoing digital transformation and how to manage the innovation it brings in all sectors and at all levels. The ability to innovate is a crucial factor for long-term corporate success. Everybody agrees on the importance to bring innovation within companies and organizations but there is little consensus on how to do it. Over the last years, a strong debate has raised on the identification of innovation manager’s tasks and duties and, above all, on the background and skills that this new professional profile should possess in order to effectively manage innovation. Very often, the innovation manager is seen as someone mostly resembling to a R&D or an IT Manager. Nevertheless, innovation is not only technology-led but encompasses a broader variety of aspects. This suggests that a different and more comprehensive background should be considered when codifying the innovation manager profile. This paper intends to identify this background by showing the strict correlation between project management and innovation management with the aim to emphasize why project management should represent the proper competency and experiential framework for innovation managers.

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Report from the 2017 IPMA Research Conference on project success

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The Influence of Leadership on the Projectification of the Public Construction Sector in Germany

The Influence of Leadership on the Projectification of the Public Construction Sector in Germany

The nexus of project management approaches in sustainable development: innovative behaviors as a mechanism in the Polish financial industry

Project Managers Are the Best Candidates to Manage Innovation

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