
Megaproject Organization and Performance
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- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Data Collection
- References
- Chapter 2: Megaprojects: An Evolving Hybrid Meta-Organization
- Introduction
- Designing Meta-Organizations
- Analysis
- Developing a Megaproject Meta-Organization
- Megaproject Embryo: The Conception of a Meta-Organization
- Megaproject Gestation: Parading, or the Hard Way
- Megaproject Delivery: Relative Stability in the Core, Explosion in the Periphery
- Inviting Resource-Rich Actors in the Environment to Join the Core
- Discussion
- The Flat, Porous Core
- The Closed, Transactional Periphery
- Co-Evolution of Organizational Structure and Technical Design
- Evolving Toward Fit
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: The (Under) Performance of Megaprojects: A Meta-Organizational Perspective
- Introduction
- Meta-Organizations and Megaprojects
- Analysis
- Embryonic Stage: How a Megaproject Meta-Organization is Conceived
- Gestation: Expanding the Megaproject Meta-Organization's Core
- Delivery: Expanding and Engaging the Megaproject Meta-Organization's Periphery
- Linking Organizational Evolution and Ambiguity in Performance
- Discussion
- The Permeable Boundaries of the Megaproject Meta-Organization's Core
- The Vast but Closed Megaproject Meta-Organization's Periphery
- Linking Evolution in Organizational Structure to Ambiguity in Performance
- Implications for Practice
- Further Research
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: Pluralism at the Megaproject Front End
- Introduction
- Background: Strategizing Under Pluralism
- Research Design, Sample, and Methods
- Analysis
- The Polycentric Governance of the Project Front End
- Causes of Interorganizational Disputes over Strategic Design Choices
- Variance in the Use of Slack Resources
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Study of Megaprojects in Developing Economies
- Introduction
- Background: The Planning-Implementation Overlap in Development Processes
- Research Design, Sample, and Methods
- Data Collection
- Methods
- Analysis
- The Emergence of Pluralistic Developments in a Developing Economy
- Improvisation Under Extreme Planning-Implementation Overlap
- A Linear, Sequential Approach to Capital-Intensive Developments
- Discussion
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Policy and Practice Implications
- Conclusion
- References
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