Ugonna, CU, Ochieng, G, Mapita, W and Shah, RK Strategies for enhancing the Application of strategic project Management (SPM) in Research Organisation: case of Nigeria. In: International Conference on organisation and management (ICOM-2015)., 22 November 2015 - 23 November 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE. (Accepted)

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Abstract

The study examined barriers and key criteria for enhancing strategic project management application in public research organisations in Nigeria. Given the economic and social challenge in Research and Development (R and D) projects, a multi-methodology consisting of quantitative and qualitative analysis was employed. A total of 213 questionnaires were used and 20 senior practitioners interviewed. The findings revealed that organisational culture such as employee’s behaviour, lack of knowledge in strategic project management (SPM), organisations routines were the significant barriers to the application of SPM. Strategies for enhancing SPM application were identified to include: proper definition of projects, use project teams approach, stakeholder’s involvement enhanced, using the problem-driven-approach to select projects and increased employee’s motivation.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	Civil Engineering & Built Environment
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2016 13:27
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2024 11:58
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2657

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