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Managing the international project environment
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In this paper, the authors introduce the concept of the project environment, and outline how the project manager can identify potential problems and devise action plans to ensure a project's success in a general environment.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Project Management.The article was published on 1992-11-01. It has received 46 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Project charter & Project manager.read more
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Defining uncertainty in projects – a new perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the phenomenon of uncertainty in projects and attempt to integrate it as part of project management, and argue that key elements in managing uncertainty are reflective learning and sensemaking as enablers of flexibility and rapidness in decision-making regarding the choice of alternative actions in response to the situation.
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Stakeholder management in construction : an empirical study to address research gaps in previous studies
TL;DR: In this article, a framework for effective stakeholder management is proposed, and the application of a Social Network Analysis technique, as a means of determining the influence of stakeholders on decision making, is illustrated and validated by a case study.
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A review of stakeholder management performance attributes in construction projects
TL;DR: A conceptual model of SM performance attributes comprising performance objectives, success factors, and performance indicators that could be engaged to manage (i.e. benchmark, enhance, monitor, and measure) the performance of construction SM is presented.
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Towards an improved understanding of project stakeholder landscapes
Kirsi Aaltonen,Jaakko Kujala +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework for characterizing and classifying project stakeholder landscapes is presented, based on a systematic literature review of the stakeholder management literature, which synthesizes four key dimensions of project stakeholders landscapes and their various sub-factors: complexity (element and relationship complexity), uncertainty, dynamism and the institutional context.
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Impact of environmental factors on building project performance in Delta State, Nigeria
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of environmental factors on building project performance in Delta State, Nigeria was assessed using mean score, Spearman correlation, Kendall's coefficient and Chi-square.
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The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments
Fred Emery,Eric Trist +1 more
TL;DR: The main problem in the study of organizational change is that the environmental contexts in which organizations exist are themselves changing, at an increasing rate, and towards increasing complexity as discussed by the authors, and the characteristics of organizational environments demand consideration for their own sake, if there is to be an advancement of understanding in the behavioral sciences of a great deal that is taking place under the impact of technological change.