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Article Organizational Culture, Governance, Construction, Manufacturing February 2014

Project Management Journal

Evidence-based scope for reducing "fire-fighting" in project management

By Wearne, S. H. This paper reviews the problems of project management as reported by 1,879 individuals employed in the construction, manufacturing, process, and service industries in northwestern Europe over a 23…

Article Organizational Culture, Construction October 2010

PM Network

Worlds apart

By Yovovich, Bozidar Project managers encounter many challenges when working in cultures not their own. This article explains how a group of volunteers from Norway built a new kindergarten--within 30 days--in the…

Conference Paper Organizational Culture, Construction 25 May 2003

Integrating PM cultures for project success

By Noor, Iqbal | Gupta, Rajesh | Hudgens, Bobby D. In today's world of complex projects, the use of specialty contractors and vendors is quite common. In this environment, one of the major challenges facing the prime contractor and client…

Conference Paper Organizational Culture, Construction 25 May 2003

Developing project management solutions within cultures

By Singh, Rohit Project efficiencies increase with the provision of an optimal solution within the same project. This 250 million-dollar automobile plant expansion that was constructed in Ontario, Canada, offers…

Article Quality Management, Organizational Culture, Construction 1 June 1992

Project Management Journal

Setting objectives for international engineering and construction

By Yates, Janet K. | Rahbar, Fred Successful projects in today's international engineering and construction environments rely on effective project management. Traditional models for setting project objectives have been two…