Project management literature is a broad expansion of knowledge that ranges from practical to theoretical exploration and analysis. On the surface, it has variable dimensions of knowledge and skill, but can be implicit on a profound level through the viewing lenses of other forums of management theories. One such theory that we will view project management through is institutional theory and its uses within this field.
“… [I]nstitutional issues are important to the long-term performance of projects, that there is [a] benefit in recognizing them as a group, and that… [the institutional theory] …appl[ies] at this level in ways that are distinctive and useful.” (Morris & Geraldi, 2011, p. 24) Institutional theory contours organisations internal …show more content…
The long-term management and other isomorphic pillars still have a very influential power within institutional contexts of project-based organisations as the multiple components overlap in society and are not separate from each other. These types are harder to define particularly in the diversity of normative and cultural-cognitive elements, but have power in enacting change to regulatory pressures (Javernick-Will & Scott, 2010). Institutional theory and organisations are social structures that at the core are influenced by society, its people and require exploration. “[N]ot all firms are alike…” (Javernick-Will & Scott, 2010, p. 556). Giving way to the reasoning that even though project management within organisations is structured and has standards, the literature published by the leading non-for-profit institutional knowledge associations have them labelled as guides. Institutional influences beyond that of a normative constitution such as coercive/regulative, mimetic, cognitive/cultural-cognitive are all core elements describing the uses of institutional theory in project
“… [I]nstitutional issues are important to the long-term performance of projects, that there is [a] benefit in recognizing them as a group, and that… [the institutional theory] …appl[ies] at this level in ways that are distinctive and useful.” (Morris & Geraldi, 2011, p. 24) Institutional theory contours organisations internal …show more content…
The long-term management and other isomorphic pillars still have a very influential power within institutional contexts of project-based organisations as the multiple components overlap in society and are not separate from each other. These types are harder to define particularly in the diversity of normative and cultural-cognitive elements, but have power in enacting change to regulatory pressures (Javernick-Will & Scott, 2010). Institutional theory and organisations are social structures that at the core are influenced by society, its people and require exploration. “[N]ot all firms are alike…” (Javernick-Will & Scott, 2010, p. 556). Giving way to the reasoning that even though project management within organisations is structured and has standards, the literature published by the leading non-for-profit institutional knowledge associations have them labelled as guides. Institutional influences beyond that of a normative constitution such as coercive/regulative, mimetic, cognitive/cultural-cognitive are all core elements describing the uses of institutional theory in project