Changing culture in a government department

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McGrath, Steve. 2003. "Changing culture in a government department." 3rd World Project Management Week Conference 2003. Gold Coast, Australia 24 - 28 Mar 2003 Sydney, Australia.
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Changing culture in a government department

Presentation TypePaper
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AuthorMcGrath, Steve
Journal or Proceedings TitleProceedings of the 3rd World Project Management Week Conference 2003
Number of Pages14
Year2003
Place of PublicationSydney, Australia
Conference/Event3rd World Project Management Week Conference 2003
Event Details
3rd World Project Management Week Conference 2003
Event Date
24 to end of 28 Mar 2003
Event Location
Gold Coast, Australia
Abstract

The paper deals with changing the organisational culture of a government department to accommodate project management. It describes the outcomes and the learnings of the project management development project (PMDP) which developed the OnQ project management framework for Queensland Transport and subsequently Main Roads. It also gives the principles upon which the framework was based.

Keywordsframework; learnings; OnQ; project management methodology; project roles and responsibilities; steering committee; advisory committee; mentoring; training; budget contingency percentages
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020400512. Transport engineering
350711. Organisational planning and management
350503. Human resources management
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Byline AffiliationsDepartment of Main Roads, Queensland
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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