Organizational Culture
LO 2.6 Understand key concepts of corporate culture and how cultures are formed.
The third key contextual variable in how projects are managed effectively is that of organizational culture. So far, we have examined the manner in which a firm’s strategy affects its project management, and how projects and portfolios are inextricably tied to a company’s vision and serve to operationalize strategic choices. Structure constitutes the second piece of the contextual puzzle, and we have demonstrated how various organizational designs can help or hinder the project management process. Now we turn to the third contextual variable: an organization’s culture and its impact on managing projects.
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