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Conference Paper Risk Management, Organizational Culture 29 October 2013

The A-B-C of risk culture

By Hillson, David Most organizational leaders understand the importance of culture to effective management. In the same way, understanding your organization's risk culture is key to developing a risk-mature culture…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Change Management, Organizational Culture, Stakeholder Engagement 29 October 2013

Change management would be easy if people weren't involved

By Abudi, Gina Project managers often focus on managing changes that occur to our projects; however, that is not sufficient. We forget the very important component of managing stakeholder's expectations around…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Organizational Culture 14 July 2010

Cultural differences in projects

By Anbari, Frank T. | Khilkhanova, Erzhen V | Romanova, Maria V. | Ruggia, Mateo | Tsay, Crystal Han-Huei | Umpleby, Stuart A. Effective use of cross-cultural project teams can provide a source of innovative thinking and diverse experience to improve the likelihood of project success and to enhance the competitive position…

Conference Paper Organizational Culture, Risk Management 12 May 2010

A key to understanding the challenges that face Italian project managers

By Di Prata, Olvers | Cristiana Ercoli Like every country, the project culture in Italy is unique and varied within its many regions. This article examines how project managers can best manage projects within Italy. In doing so, it…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Organizational Culture, Leadership, Skill Development, Technical Skills 31 January 2007

Conflicts in the project environment

By Guan, David Conflict is a common and essential part of everyone's everyday life. In project situations, however, the everyday conflicts that are common to project teams can escalate into problems that…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Organizational Culture 2006

Establishing cultural influences on risk management

By Bakker, Karel de | Somani, Sheilina When projectmanagers effectively reduce project risk, when they efficiently eliminate many of the barriers that can impede project performance, they skillfully help their teams achieve successful…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Organizational Culture 3 November 2005

Cultural challenges involved when applying PMBOK concepts to enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects in Latin America

By Amaral Júnior, Antônio Instead of developing limited end-user information technology systems, more organizations are now purchasing packaged software products embedded with project management best practices. When an…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Decision Making, Organizational Culture 13 September 2005

Decisions, decisions--

By Stefanovic, Michael | Stefanovic, Ingrid Leman Managing projects demands that project managers make difficult decisions under often uncertain conditions. To make decisions that benefit the project, these professionals need methods and tools that…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Teams, Organizational Culture 26 October 2004

Managing multinational multicultural onshore/offshore teams for effective project delivery

By Ramaswamy, Vijay | Murphy, Gerard Differences in culture and business practice can place offshore outsourcing initiatives at risk, particularly for teams with limited international experience. Also deciding which application…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Organizational Culture 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

Managing cultural risks on international projects

By Sennara, Mona | Hartman, Francis T. The authors found that the major cultural risks on international projects are superficially similar to risks on local projects, but the root causes of the cultural risks and their impact on the…