Musawir, Ata Ul and Mohd Danuri, Mohd Suhaimi and Abd Karim, Saipol Bari (2024) Making sense of project governance and its role in strategy implementation: A governance-as-practice perspective. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 17 (1). 50 – 76. ISSN 1753-8378, DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-07-2023-0148.
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Purpose: This paper examines how expert practitioners define project governance and develop a project governance system that enables strategy implementation through projects. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with project governance experts and analyzed the data using thematic analysis. Subsequently, based on the stratified ontology of critical realism, retroductive theoretical triangulation was employed to explain the themes identified using five emergent theoretical perspectives. Findings: By integrating the themes extracted from the data with the emergent theoretical perspectives, a framework was developed outlining the general process through which practitioners make sense of the concept of project governance, formulate an appropriate project governance system for their respective organizations and manage its evolution over time. Furthermore, a holistic approach to project governance was proposed that spans the entire investment life cycle of projects and enables the implementation of strategy through projects. Practical implications: This study attempts to make sense of the diverse interpretations of the concept of project governance adopted by practitioners. It further summarizes valuable insights from expert practitioners for formulating and enacting effective project governance systems. Originality/value: This study contributes to the governance-as-practice perspective and the growing stream of literature that views projects as investments. The project governance system is positioned as the steward of an organization's investments in projects. © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Governance of projects; Governance-as-practice; Project governance; Retroduction; Strategy implementation; Theoretical triangulation |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NA Architecture |
| Divisions: | Faculty of the Built Environment |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2024 02:51 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2024 02:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/44879 |
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