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Corporate culture and the way business is done (called governance) can be a significant factor in a company's success. Governance represents the "what" within the organization: what aspects of business performance fall under whose responsibilities. Another factor, called governmentality, focuses on the "how" of running a business -- that is, the policies and procedures a company uses to carry out its work. In Organizational Enablers for Project Governance, authors Ralf Müller, Jingting Shao, and Sofia Pemsel examine the ways in which governance and governmentality operate together in different kinds of companies to contribute to how successful a business is in terms of project work, efficiency, and profitability. The authors begin by explaining the difference between levels of project governance and who is responsible for carrying out each within an organization. They review the previous literature on the topics of governance and organizational enablers, then delve into the heart of their research: an in-depth study conducted over two years that profiled six companies of varying sizes (small, medium, and large) in two geographically distinct countries (Sweden and China). Through interviews, data collection, and a web-based questionnaire, the authors carried out four studies using different research methodologies to evaluate the systems of governance in companies of different sizes, in different places, and with different philosophies. What they found was that organizational enablers -- factors such as leadership and flexibility, among many others -- play a major role in how companies carry out their work and how they adapt and make changes over time. Although the research focuses on six specific corporations in a few representative industries, it can nonetheless be applied to any project-based company that seeks to resolve the tension between the permanent organization (the company itself) and the temporary organizations needed for project work (such as teams and other working groups). Using the authors' findings, any company can determine the most effective organizational enablers, from independence to teamwork to strong leadership, it can use to become more efficient and profitable.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Study background
Research questions
Scope and objectives of the study
Institutional theory
The management process
Milestones and deliverables
Theoretical perspective and literature review
Institutional theory
Governance
Governance in the realm of projects
Governmentality
Organizational enablers
Projectification
Research design and methodology
Research design
Study 1 Methodology: systematic literature review
Study 2 Methodology: qualitative cross-sectional study
Study 3 methodology: the quantitative study
Study 4 Methodology: the longitudinal study
Case companies and narratives
Company b: medium, Sweden
Company c: large, Sweden
Company d: Small, China
Company e: medium, China
Company f: large, China
Conceptual and qualitative studies: analysis and results
Analyses at the level of project governance, governance of projects, and governmentality
Mediation analyses
The relationship between organizational enablers and success
Discussion
Organizational enablers
Contextual influences
An institutional theory perspective
Organizational enablers: an institutional reflection
Conclusions
Research question 1-governance practices
Research question 2-organizational enablers
Research question 3-evolution of governance and governmentality
Appendices
Appendix 2
Enablers for project governance
Appendix 3: interview questions-study 4
Appendix 4: summary of governance in the small swedish company
Appendix 5: summary of governance in the medium-size Swedish company
Appendix 6: summary of governance in the large Swedish company
Appendix 7: summary of governance in the small Chinese company
Appendix 8: summary of governance in the medium-size Chinese company
Appendix 9: summary of governance in the large chinese company
Appendix 10: commonalities and differences among the case companies
Appendix 11: descriptive statistics
Appendix 12: demographic differences
Appendix 13: differences by governance and corporate success
Appendix 14: governance profiles by success type
References.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-240).

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658.4/04
Library of Congress
HD2741 .M855 2016eb, HD2741.M855 2016

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1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages)
Number of pages
240

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OL39206624M
Internet Archive
organizationalen0000mull
ISBN 10
1628251115, 1628250844
ISBN 13
9781628251111, 9781628250848
OCLC/WorldCat
951217851
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B06XXNCNJR

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