TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing a Group of Multiple Projects
T2 - Do Culture and Leader's Competencies Matter?
AU - Patanakul, Peerasit
AU - Aronson, Zvi H.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - In the literature, team culture has been suggested as one of the factors contributing to the success of a project. In essence, a project manager should create a culture emphasizing teamwork, communication, and knowledge sharing. Such a culture will lead to team effectiveness, which will eventually contribute to the project success. A question arises whether or not this notion is relevant in practices, especially in a multiple-project management setting where one project manager leads multiple, simultaneous projects (a management of a group of multiple projects-MGMP). To answer this question, the main objective of this study is to empirically explore the relevance of team culture in MGMP. The result of this study reveals a surprising finding that team culture does not contribute to the success of a project in MGMP. Other factors provide more significant contribution to project success.
AB - In the literature, team culture has been suggested as one of the factors contributing to the success of a project. In essence, a project manager should create a culture emphasizing teamwork, communication, and knowledge sharing. Such a culture will lead to team effectiveness, which will eventually contribute to the project success. A question arises whether or not this notion is relevant in practices, especially in a multiple-project management setting where one project manager leads multiple, simultaneous projects (a management of a group of multiple projects-MGMP). To answer this question, the main objective of this study is to empirically explore the relevance of team culture in MGMP. The result of this study reveals a surprising finding that team culture does not contribute to the success of a project in MGMP. Other factors provide more significant contribution to project success.
KW - Competency
KW - Group-oriented organizational culture
KW - Multiple project management
KW - Project success
KW - Team culture
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U2 - 10.1007/s13132-012-0094-7
DO - 10.1007/s13132-012-0094-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873169891
SN - 1868-7865
VL - 3
SP - 217
EP - 232
JO - Journal of the Knowledge Economy
JF - Journal of the Knowledge Economy
IS - 2
ER -