International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 1 Issue 4

Project business as a research field

The purpose of this paper is to introduce project business as a research field. The project business view in this paper puts focus on the management of firms and their businesses…

Top management involvement in project management: A cross country study of the software industry

Top management support is considered to be an area that has high impact on project success. However, previous studies have also stated that effective top management support…

Emotional intelligence (EI) capabilities training: can it develop EI in project teams?

The importance of emotional intelligence (EI) for management success has been established. This paper aims to examine the influence of increased EI capabilities on project success.

An effect‐cause‐effect analysis of project objectives and trade‐off assumptions

This paper endeavors to critically examine the trade‐offs among project objectives and their underlying assumptions.

Risk management framework for pharmaceutical research and development projects

The purpose of this paper is to identify best practices from high‐technology industries that face many of the same challenges around uncertainty, complexity, and risk that are…

Dual cycle action research: a professional doctorate case study

The purpose of this paper is to provide academic researchers and reflective practitioners of project management with an example of how a dual cycle action research (AR) model can…

Advancing theory and practice for successful implementation of stakeholder management in organisations

The aim of this paper is to report on the advancement, in theory and practice, in stakeholder management as a result of the author's experiences, and to invite other practitioners…

The effect of intervening conditions on the management of project risk

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the main findings of a successfully defended doctoral thesis that studied factors or interventions causing the discrepancy between how…

Using vision as a critical success element in project management

The thesis reported upon in this paper addressed the research question “How does the effective development and communication of a ‘project vision’ impact project outcomes?” It…

Tools for Complex Projects

Logistics and Supply Chain Integration

From the editor

Note from the publisher

Special issue on perceptions of project management in traditionally non-PM industry sectors

Forthcoming project management events and links