This research-based book takes an organization-wide perspective to describe the governance and governmentality for projects in organizations. Governance of projects defines and directs the ways managers of projects, programs, and project portfolios carry out their work. Governmentality is the way the managers of these managers present themselves to those they lead.
Governance and Governmentality for Projects starts with introducing existing theories, models and paradigms for governance and governmentality. It then develops a chronological framework of the ways governance and governmentality for projects is enabled in organizations, how it subsequently unfolds in organizations of different types and sectors, and the consequences of different governance approaches for project results, trust, control, and ethical issues in projects. Special emphasis is given to the link between corporate governance and the governance of project, programs and project portfolios. Three real-life case studies exemplify the research findings described in the book.
Through its structure this book describes the development of governance and governmentality in the realm of projects from its organizational origins, via observable practices, to expected consequences of different implementations. Aimed at academics, post-graduate students in business and management, reflective practitioners, standards or policy developers, those in governance roles and others in need of a detailed knowledge of the spectrum of project related governance in organizations, this book will help develop a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical underpinnings of the subject, their interaction, and implications for implementation. This allows for understanding and developing of both generic and idiosyncratic governance structures, such as those needed in project-based organizations.
Edited by:
Ralf Muller
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781138617162
ISBN 10: 1138617164
Series: Routledge Studies in Corporate Governance
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 June 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction Ralf Müller 2. Organizational Project Governance Ralf Müller Part 1: Concepts, Theories, and Models 3. Governance Theories Ralf Müller 4. Governance Models and Paradigms Ralf Müller 5. Governance Institutions Ralf Müller, Erling S. Andersen, Ole Jonny Klakegg, and Gro Holst Volden Part 2: Organizational Enablers for Organizational Project Governance and Governmentality 6. Tactical Organizational Enablers Ralf Müller 7. Strategic Organizational Enablers Ralf Müller Part 3: Practices in the Private and Public Sector 8. Private Sector Practices Ralf Müller 9. Governance in Public Projects: The Norwegian Case Ole Jonny Klakegg and Gro Holst Volden Part 4: Consequences for and of Governance 10. Governance and Project Success Robert Joslin 11. Governance Mechanisms in Projects Ralf Müller 12. Project Governance and Project Ethics Ralf Müller and Øyvind Kvalnes Part 5: Cases of Organizational Project Governance 13. The Sugarloaf Alliance Case Study Beverley Lloyd-Walker and Derek Walker 14. Governance at the Front-end: Managing the Clash of Objectives in Project Organizations Shankar Sankaran and Christopher Biesenthal 15. Governance and Governmentality at Tasly Pharmaceuticals Dan Li
Ralf Müller is Professor of Project Management at BI Norwegian Business School, Norway.
