... unpredictability not as an exception but as an inherent aspect of dynamic environments. By promoting continuous environmental scanning and meaning-making, the framework supports more resilient decision-making and proactive responses – ultimately enhancing the capacity of project teams to navigate uncertainty...

...Aimin Wang Purpose Misaligned governance arrangements that do not match the characteristics of public-private partnerships (PPPs) fail to address uncertainties from unforeseeable external changes and partners' behavior, resulting in underperformance. This study examines how balanced contractual...

...) contexts are related to the manageability of time. It shows that when pressure rises, due to high levels of urgency, uncertainty and ambiguity, control over time decreases, causing the organizational response to shift from formalized into improvised. Based on this review, the authors theorize...

... at: michael.buhagiar@sydney.edu.au 05 08 2020 12 10 2021 01 11 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Dialectics Dialogue Conversations Complexity Uncertainty Power Socrates The dialectical technique famously came...

... only Uncertainty Resilience Complex projects Most complex engineering projects encounter unexpected events through their life cycle, significantly affecting project performance (Miller and Lessard, 2001 ; de Bruijne and van Eeten, 2007 ; Cantarelli et al., 2010 ; McAdam...

...Rola Imad Fanousse; Dilupa Nakandala; Yi-Chen Lan Purpose This article provides the first systematic review of literature on effective organisational practices for reducing innovation project uncertainties to promote project performance. Innovation is the lifeblood of organisations, while...

...Karl Halvor Teigen; Bjørn Andersen; Sigurd Lerkerød Alnes; Jan-Ole Hesselberg Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine people’s understanding and evaluation of uncertainty intervals produced by experts as part of a quality assurance procedure of large public projects. Design/methodology...

...Andreas G.M. Nachbagauer; Iris Schirl-Boeck © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Risk management and uncertainty in megaprojects is a flourishing topic in project management, while the unexpected is still a neglected matter...

... have primarily examined resource allocation in multi-project environments within organisations, such as research and development units, rather than units that face external customers directly, such as service units. Like internal units, these customer-facing units deal with internal uncertainties due...

..., uncertainty and equivocality, and an attempt is made to characterize tension as it arises in projects – its genesis and its nature. Design/methodology/approach An in-depth case study was conducted in a manner in which the contextually sensitive empirical researches for which Nordic studies are known...

... findings with 60 participants. The findings reveal the need for management of uncertainty through two different paths. First, project management needs to frontload important issues, which results in the need to use resources much earlier than noted in the usual stage gate approach. Additionally...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The principal concern of organization managers in the global rivalry of commerce environment is how to select the project portfolio among available projects. In this matter, organizations should consider the uncertainty intrinsic...

... and of project organizing across industries and sectors has led to concept of a project-based economy (Crawford et al., 2013). The flattening of organizational structures; increased use of teams as a result of the quality movement and projectification, have introduced uncertainty and led to new...

... The purpose of this paper is to bring together two seemingly disparate bodies of literature – ambidexterity (the ability both to exploit and explore) and mindfulness – to take a fresh perspective on the management of uncertainty. The authors differentiate between “rule-based” and “mindfulness-based...

... for emergent knowledge creation during CPC development. Practical implications – In contrast to traditional planned projects with up-front prior knowledge, complex projects are characterized by incomplete knowledge. The challenge of dealing with knowledge uncertainty in complex projects through...

... by a high level of complexity and uncertainty. The authors argue that understanding contracting as a flexible process and as a business tool will contribute to creating more value in projects which are implemented in constantly changing circumstances or which require gradual and iterative development...