Struggling with strategizing in public client organisations: Managing strategic projects in inter-organisational contexts

IF 7.4 1区 管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT International Journal of Project Management Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ijproman.2024.102645
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The efficiency of using strategic projects to accelerate long-term change is questioned, especially in inter-organisational contexts. Strategic projects operationalised in inter-organisational contexts are decoupled from the parent – permanent – organisation, creating a need for project actors to manage in-between. The aim of this paper is to increase the understanding of practices for managing strategic projects in inter-organisational contexts, initiated by public client organisations. Applying a practice perspective, this paper presents a case study exploring a strategic project to test collaborative contracting in road maintenance contracts for a public infrastructure client in Sweden. The findings revealed a lack of structure regarding both participation and responsibilities, as well as uncertainties and ambiguities with respect to the goal of the strategic change. The study shows how strategic practices move from central units at the permanent organisational level to the contract level where the strategic project is operationalised and tested, isolating the project and making project actors act as middle managers in-between the project and parent organisation. Thus, the study contributes with a discussion on the efficiency of strategizing through projects in public organisations, especially those operating in a network of suppliers through outsourcing.
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在公共客户组织中努力制定战略:在组织间环境中管理战略项目
利用战略项目加速长期变革的效率受到质疑,特别是在组织间环境中。在组织间背景下实施的战略项目与母体--常设--组织脱钩,这就需要项目参与者在两者之间进行管理。本文旨在加深对公共客户组织发起的跨组织战略项目管理实践的理解。本文从实践的角度出发,介绍了一项案例研究,探讨了瑞典一家公共基础设施客户在道路维护合同中测试合作承包的战略项目。研究结果表明,该项目在参与和责任方面缺乏结构性,在战略变革的目标方面也存在不确定性和模糊性。研究表明,战略实践是如何从常设组织层面的中央单位转移到合同层面的,在合同层面,战略项目被操作和测试,项目被孤立,项目参与者成为项目和上级组织之间的中间管理者。因此,本研究有助于讨论公共组织通过项目制定战略的效率,特别是那些通过外包在供应商网络中运营的组织。
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