Outputs (476)

What is project success: A literature review (2008)
Journal Article

Most of the projects we hear of in media are either over budget, late or are simply not good enough and still different lobbies of people claim that those projects have been successful. Neither the practitioners nor the academicians seem to agree o... Read More about What is project success: A literature review.

The impact of computers and associated technology on the teaching and learning of business statistics at the university level (2008)
Journal Article

This article explains how recent changes in the teaching & learning business statistics are influenced by the increased use of computer and its associated technology. This paper also attempts to illustrate on how the pedagogy associated has also un... Read More about The impact of computers and associated technology on the teaching and learning of business statistics at the university level.

Scope creep in software development (2008)
Journal Article

This article clarifies the role and effects of scope creep in software development projects. It discusses how scope can be effectively managed to avoid it from “creeping” and reducing chances of project success. By reviewing a range of literary works... Read More about Scope creep in software development.

Exploring SMEs' adoption of broadband in the northwest of England (2008)
Book Chapter

Automotive production: product variety and how emerging economies can avoid problems of industrialised countries (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Adoption and use of E-commerce by small businesses in the UK tourism industry (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents a quantitative study of 90 small tourism businesses in the South West of the United Kingdom. It examines the factors that influence the adoption and use of e-commerce and the types of e-business that these organisations undertake.... Read More about Adoption and use of E-commerce by small businesses in the UK tourism industry.

The role of universities in the evolution of the triple helix culture of innovation network: The case of Malaysia (2007)
Journal Article

Risks of innovation in management education: Introducing a critical management perspective onto a project management MBA elective (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Accounting for the dark side of corporate history: Organizational culture perspectives and the Bertelsmann case (2007)
Journal Article

Organizations are increasingly being called to account for their history. In particular, German and non-German companies have been called to account for their relations with the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945. Organizations are not only accountabl... Read More about Accounting for the dark side of corporate history: Organizational culture perspectives and the Bertelsmann case.

The politics of standards in modern management: Making 'the project' a reality (2007)
Journal Article

In this paper, we explore the standardization of contemporary management knowledge, focusing in particular upon the role of 'standards' in creating and reifying 'organizational objects', with powerful consequences and with often unrecognized ethical... Read More about The politics of standards in modern management: Making 'the project' a reality.

Knowledge management and ERP systems (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Insights into collaboration at project level: Complexity, social interaction and individual skills (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Project hindsight: Exploring necessity and possibility in cycles of structuration and co-evolution (2007)
Journal Article

The successful management of strategic change requires an understanding of which moves are possible in specific contexts, and thus of how specific contexts variously require, forbid, or permit certain organizational or policy actions. Appreciation of... Read More about Project hindsight: Exploring necessity and possibility in cycles of structuration and co-evolution.

Implementing strategically aligned performance measurement in small firms (2006)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the potential for improving the implementation of strategically aligned performance measurement (PM) in smaller firms. It identifies structural and cultural characteristics that typify smaller firms and examines the PM literat... Read More about Implementing strategically aligned performance measurement in small firms.

We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto: Mapping the strange landscape of complexity theory, and its relationship to project management (2007)
Journal Article

Blue sky thinking (2007)
Journal Article

Building cars to customer order could provide the key to releasing billions of euros currently tied up in stock. Glenn Parry outlines a scheme to move the industry in this direction.

Requirement for sea-change in European car production (2007)
Book Chapter

A comparison of barcoding and RFID technologies in practice (2007)
Journal Article

This research paper highlights inconsistencies in the way Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is compared to existing barcoding technology and the lack of empirical evidence to support one’s superiority over the other. Reference is drawn to the way... Read More about A comparison of barcoding and RFID technologies in practice.

Rethinking Project Management: Researching the actuality of projects (2006)
Journal Article

This paper puts forth the somewhat controversial position that what is needed to improve project management in practice is not more research on what should be done or the frequency and/or use of traditional project management practices. We argue that... Read More about Rethinking Project Management: Researching the actuality of projects.

Rethinking project management: New directions, new practice (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution