Description: In recent years, organizational project management (OPM) has emerged as a field focused on how project, program and portfolio management practices strategically help firms realize organizational goals. There is a compelling need to address the totality of project-related work at the organizational level, providing a view of organizations as a network of projects to be coordinated among themselves, integrated by the more permanent organization, and to move away from a focus on individual projects. This comprehensive volume provides views from a wide range of international scholars researching OPM at a cross-disciplinary level. It covers concepts, theories and practices from disciplines allied to management, such as strategic management, organization sciences and behavioural science. It will be a valuable read for scholars and practitioners alike, who are looking to enrich their understanding of OPM and further investigate this new phenomenon.
Brief description: Shankar Sankaran is Professor of Organisational Project Management (OPM) in Australia at the University of Technology Sydney. Shankar teaches advanced courses in the Master of Project Management Program including key features of OPM. He was a Chief Investigator of two Australian Research Council funded research grants. He is member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Project Management. Shankar comes to academia after several years of experience as a major project manager and technical director in Yokogawa Electric Asia. He is currently involved in setting up a megaproject management research centre at his university.
Review Quotes: 'This book is both serious and inspiring; its presentation of organizational project management will satisfy even the most demanding readers. The very diverse chapter contents highlight the scope and importance of this new field of research and professional practice. Kudos to the three editors, who were able to recruit the most respected experts in this domain!' Mario Bourgault, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada