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Towards Strategic Project Management

Authors : Víctor Hermano, Natalia Martín-Cruz

Published in: Managing Complexity

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the application of the Dynamic Capabilities framework to Project Management discipline. A review of project management literature illustrates the new project and project managers’ conceptualization and the shift towards a more strategic perspective. Commonalities and overlaps between project management and dynamic capabilities approach are highlighted both from a theoretical and professional point of view. The findings indicate the closeness between project management and dynamic capabilities by creating an integrative framework useful both for top and project managers. Besides, we show the potential benefits of the application of strategic management theories to Project Management.

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Zollo and Winter [27] define routines as stable patterns of behavior that characterize organizational reactions to variegated, internal, or external stimuli (p. 340).
 
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Metadata
Title
Towards Strategic Project Management
Authors
Víctor Hermano
Natalia Martín-Cruz
Copyright Year
2014
Book
Managing Complexity

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-04704-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-04705-8

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04705-8_3