Research Handbook on the Governance of Projects

Edited by Ralf Müller, Professor of Project Management, Department of Leadership and Organization, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway, Shankar Sankaran, Professor, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney, Australia and Nathalie Drouin, Professor, Department of Management, École des Sciences de la Gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG UQAM), Canada and Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia

Contents:

Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Governance of Projects 1
Ralf Müller, Shankar Sankaran, and Nathalie Drouin

PART I THEORETICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS
1 A philosophy of governance 9
Efrosyni Konstantinou
2 Principles of good governance 20
Ralf Müller
3 Classic perspectives on project governance: transaction cost economics, agency theory, and stewardship theory 31
Tuomas Ahola
4 Shareholder and stakeholder theory in governance 42
Ralf Müller
5 Systems theories and systems praxis 50
Shankar Sankaran
6 Multi-level governance 65
Alfredas Chmieliauskas, Ralf Müller, Raimonda Alonderienė, Margarita Pilkienė, and Saulius Šimkonis
7 Governmentality for positive project management 78
Stewart Clegg and Johan Ninan

PART II PROJECT GOVERNANCE
8 Governance of projects and project governance: enabling strategy implementation through projects 91
Ata Ul Musawir
9 Social value from megaprojects and their governance 103
Karyne C.S. Ang, Shankar Sankaran, and Nathalie Drouin
10 Steering committees as governance entities 116
Lynn Crawford
11 The project management office: governing at the interface of temporary and permanent 124
Monique Aubry and Magali Simard
12 Governance across the commercial interface on complex engineering projects 138
Graham M. Winch
13 Contractual and relational governance for sustainability: case study of a PPP megaproject in India 150
Nicola Thounaojam, Ganesh Devkar, and Boeing Laishram
14 Governance through project management methodologies 161
Miia Martinsuo
15 Normalization of deviance in projects: its causes and implications for effective governance 171
Jeffrey K. Pinto and Kate Davis
16 Ethics and trust implications of governance 184
Ralf Müller
17 The link between governance, decision-making, and project performance 195
Rodney Turner
18 Cultural practices of governing megaprojects 210
Alfons van Marrewijk
19 Social acceptability and governance for public infrastructure projects 220
Maude Brunet and Sofiane Baba
20 Learning through evaluation: the missing link in governance of projects 235
Ole Jonny Klakegg and Gro Holst Volden
21 Environmental, social, and governance criteria and their relationship with governance of major infrastructure projects 251
Nathalie Drouin and Yves Genest
22 New nonprofit organization governance: driving impact by adopting a holistic governance view 263
Patrick Renz
23 Boosting quality of megaprojects through governance mechanisms: perspectives of mega water transfer projects in China 283
Florence Yean Yng Ling and Wujuan Zhai
24 Governing crises and coping strategies in megaprojects 296
Rehab Iftikhar

PART III GOVERNANCE OF PROJECTS
25 Portfolio and program governance 308
Miia Martinsuo
26 Governance of Sustainable Development Goal programs 318
Shankar Sankaran
27 Governance of organizational project management 329
Shankar Sankaran
28 Fairness and justice in the governance of projects 343
Christine Unterhitzenberger and Kate Lawrence

PART IV GOVERNANCE OF INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS FOR PROJECTS
29 Governance of inter-organizational project networks 356
Jörg Sydow and Timo Braun
30 From network governance to metagovernance 366
Ralf Müller
31 Toward a theory of resilience governance: insights from megaprojects in China 379
Linzhuo Wang, Xinnan Wang, and Fangwei Zhu

PART V PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
32 Governing major projects in healthcare 395
Monique Aubry, Marie-Claire Richer, and Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay
33 Evolution of space programs governance 411
Alessandro Paravano, Giorgio Locatelli, and Paolo Trucco
34 Governance evolution in university–industry collaborative R&D programs 429
Gabriela Fernandes and David O’Sullivan
35 Minimum viable governance for data science initiatives 445
Sandeep Mathur, Shankar Sankaran, Sam MacAulay, and Ivor Tsang

PART VI REFLECTIONS
36 A look ahead 458
Ralf Müller, Shankar Sankaran, and Nathalie Drouin

Index 462