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Managing information flow on a megaproject

International Journal of Project Management, 1985
Abstract Every project organization is a pyramid, with a project manager at the apex and supporting staff below, increasing in number at each level. The size of the project will determine how large the organization will grow, and as it grows, so do its administrative requirements.
K A Bishop, R B Gembey
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Determinants for megaproject knowledge innovation management: a Bayesian network analysis

Engineering Construction and Architectural Management
PurposeMegaproject knowledge innovation (MKI) is perceived as a critical strategy for engineering value co-creation and industrial chain upgrading. Ascertaining the impact mechanism of MKI is a crucial initial step towards improving management practices.
Lin-lin Xie, Yifei Luo, Lei Hou, Jianqiang Yu   +3 more
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Megaproject Decision Making and Management

2017
This chapter focuses on ethical and political aspects of megaproject decision making and management. More specifically, it focuses on ethical aspects of the impacts of megaprojects on society, the ethics of doing research into the pros and cons of megaprojects, the quality of estimates of the costs and benefits of megaprojects, and the democratic ...
Hugo Priemus, Bert van Wee
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Quality Management System for a Highway Megaproject

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2002
Although the concepts of quality management have been successfully applied in many industries, primarily manufacturing, and are equally applicable to the construction industry, highway megaprojects, especially those delivered through private–public partnership (P3) arrangements, present new challenges.
Donath Mrawira, Jeff Rankin, A. John Christian   +2 more
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Megaprojects and risk management: Emaar Properties

International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 2009
Companies in a variety of industries must be cognisant of the risks associated with project management, but organisations implementing megaprojects must actively identify, analyse, mitigate, monitor and control for a variety of potential challenges that could impact on project schedule, cost, and quality.
Robert Bateman, Munir Majdalawieh
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The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management

2017
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that
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Managing Offshore Megaprojects: Success is an Option

SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 2013
Abstract The success or failure of any offshore oil and gas development project is dependent on effective integration of intelligent processes, deep-seated technical expertise, multiple company and agency interactions and relationships, solid management and vigorous leadership.
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Managing Stakeholders in Megaproject

2017
One of the major challenges in their management is the involvement of a lot of stakeholders leading to complex stakeholder interrelationships and conflicting interests. Despite the increasing importance that this topic is holding in literature, little or no attention has been paid to the real impacts stakeholders cause on megaproject performance ...
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Management for Stakeholders Approach for a Socially Sustainable Governance of Megaprojects

2020
The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview from a multidisciplinary literature (organizational, political, sociological) on how to manage megaprojects in contemporary societies, focusing on the role of stakeholders engagement. Starting from the main points of weakness stated in literature on megaprojects failure, the paper analyzes these ...
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Transforming construction: heterarchical megaproject ecologies and the management of innovation

Construction Management and Economics, 2022
Maude Brunet, Patrick Cohendet
exaly