| Description |
1 online resource (180 pages) |
| Contents |
Executive Summary; Chapter 1. Introduction; Data Collection; References; Chapter 2. Megaprojects: An Evolving Hybrid Meta-Organization; Introduction; Designing Meta-Organizations; Analysis; Developing a Megaproject Meta-Organization; Megaproject Embryo: The Conception of a Meta-Organization; Megaproject Gestation: Parading, or the Hard Wa; Megaproject Delivery: Relative Stability in the Core, Explosion in the Periphery; Inviting Resource-Rich Actors in the Environment to Join the Core; Discussion; The Flat, Porous Core; The Closed, Transactional Periphery |
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Co-Evolution of Organizational Structure and Technical DesignEvolving Toward Fit; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. The (Under) Performance of Megaprojects: A Meta-Organizational Perspective; Introduction; Meta-Organizations and Megaprojects; Analysis; Embryonic Stage: How a Megaproject Meta-Organization is Conceived; Gestation: Expanding the Megaproject Meta-Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s Core; Delivery: Expanding and Engaging the Megaproject Meta-Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s Periphery; Linking Organizational Evolution and Ambiguity in Performance; Discussion |
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The Permeable Boundaries of the Megaproject Meta-Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s CoreThe Vast but Closed Megaproject Meta-Organizationâ#x80;#x99;s Periphery; Linking Evolution in Organizational Structure to Ambiguity in Performance; Implications for Practice; Further Research; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. Pluralism at the Megaproject Front End; Introduction; Background: Strategizing Under Pluralism; Research Design, Sample, and Methods; Analysis; The Polycentric Governance of the Project Front End; Causes of Interorganizational Disputes Over Strategic Design Choices; Variance in the Use of Slack Resources |
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DiscussionConclusion; References; Chapter 5. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Study of Megaprojects in Developing Economies; Introduction; Background: The Planning-Implementation Overlap in Development Processes; Research Design, Sample, and Methods; Data Collection; Methods; Analysis; The Emergence of Pluralistic Developments in a Developing Economy; Improvisation Under Extreme Planning-Implementation Overlap; A Linear, Sequential Approach to Capital-Intensive Developments; Discussion; Between a Rock and a Hard Place; Policy and Practice Implications; Conclusion; References |
| Summary |
Megaproject Organization and Performance: The Myth and Political Reality delves into the complex world of organizing megaprojects and investigates the extent to which the performance of these projects could be traced back to their organizational structure. Through multiple case study research, including the London Olympic Park and Heathrow Airport Terminal 2, the authors show how megaprojects are unique in how they are organized. They explore core-periphery relationƠships between promotors who control strategic choices, and suppliers, the contracted experts who provide the actual resources to g |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Project management.
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Project management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dr. Colm Lundrigan, PhD
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Pinto, Professor Jeffrey K
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Puranam, Professor Phanish
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| ISBN |
9781628253764 |
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1628253762 |
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