This week’s topics
Strategic Role of Projects in Modern Organisations
- Drivers of projectification in contemporary enterprises
- Strategic alignment of organizational initiatives
- Complexity theory and multidimensional project risks
- Managing stakeholder divergence
- Mike Jackson on Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity – Talk and Q&A
- Business Strategy 12 - Strategy Implementation: Strategic Projects & Initiatives
- How to Earn the Trust of a Stakeholder - Stanford Center for Professional Development
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Explain the growing importance of projects in organisational context.
- 1.2 Appraise the complexities involved in managing projects.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the growing importance of projects in organisational context.
Study materials
Videos
- Mike Jackson on Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity – Talk and Q&A · YouTube · Cranfield School of Management · 89 min · for registered students
- Business Strategy 12 - Strategy Implementation: Strategic Projects & Initiatives · YouTube · Ajarn Olli · 23 min · for registered students
- How to Earn the Trust of a Stakeholder - Stanford Center for Professional Development · YouTube · Stanford Online · 52 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Foundations of Information Systems, ch. 9: Information Systems Project Management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 339–382 · for registered students
- MIT OpenCourseWare 15.320 Strategic Organizational Design (Spring 2011) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 9: The Strategic Management Process: Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 261–284 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
