What is project governance? Disclosing the source of confusion and revealing the essence of governance
PhD Thesis
Title | What is project governance? Disclosing the source of confusion and revealing the essence of governance |
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Type | PhD Thesis |
Authors | |
Author | McGrath, Stephen Keith |
Supervisor | Whitty, Jon |
Chakraborty, Subrata | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Qualification Name | Doctor of Philosophy |
Number of Pages | 653 |
Year | 2018 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.26192/5f696d9ddccd1 |
Abstract | The governance of project work is well discussed in the extant literature that explores the relationship between projects and their parent organisations. And governance is a well-known term amongst senior management, project practitioners, and stakeholders. However, as this thesis reveals and attempts to address, ‘what is governance’ is actually the subject of much confusion across scholarly literature, practitioner publications and project managers themselves. Identifying and resolving such confusion is fundamental to progressing the discipline because, as proposed by this thesis, governance is the system by which projects are directed and controlled. This thesis by publication: 1. Identifies the definitional confusion surrounding project governance, governance generally and many other associated project management terms. 2. Develops a ‘refined’ definitional method for resolving confusion concerning conceptual definitions. 3. Applies this method to develop refined (internally consistent) definitions of governance and related and associated terms. 4. Reveals the lack of genericity at the core of some project management practitioner documents and methodology. 5. Identifies and resolves 10 different issues that cause definitional confusion in conceptual terms. 6. Provides a philosophical justification for the resolution of each of these issues by critically examining Aristotle’s, Mill’s, Wittgenstein’s, and Popper’s work in 7. Develops a set of axioms and definitional rules for avoiding conflict resulting from definitional confusion. 8. Proposes a theory of meaning for conceptual terms in management. |
Keywords | governance, project governance, project management, define, definition |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350799. Strategy, management and organisational behaviour not elsewhere classified |
350711. Organisational planning and management | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Management and Enterprise |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5159/what-is-project-governance-disclosing-the-source-of-confusion-and-revealing-the-essence-of-governance
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