Organizational Project Management: Theory and Implementation (Elgar Introductions to Management and Organization Theory series)

This concise text introduces an integrated view of all project management-related activities in an organization, called Organizational Project Management (OPM). Practical cases from several organizations, as well as popular theories such as the Resource-Based Theory and Institutional Theory provide for an insightful yet realistic understanding of OPM as an integrative tool for organizations to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.

The reader will learn how separate organizational functions, such as project, program and portfolio management and governance integrate in a cohesive manner. The authors describe how different approaches to competing in the marketplace link to strategies, and the ways of selecting the 'best' business opportunities for organizations and integrating them into existing workflows and structures. They develop and describe a model that shows how OPM works within organizations.

The book is a valuable resource for top managers, reflective practitioners, academics, and postgraduate students in organization theory.

Ralf Müller, Professor of Project Management, Department of Leadership and Organization, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway, Nathalie Drouin, Professor, Department of Management, École des Sciences de la Gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG UQAM), Canada, and Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia and Shankar Sankaran, Professor, School of the Built Environment, Faculty of Design, University of Technology Sydney, Australia