Xue, J; Shen, G Q; Deng, X; Ogungbile, A J and Chu, X (2023) Evolution modeling of stakeholder performance on relationship management in the dynamic and complex environments of megaprojects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 30(4), pp. 1536-1557. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Purpose: Relationship management evolves with dynamic and complex environments of megaprojects. However, studies on the longitudinal measurement of relationship management performance for each stakeholder in dynamic and complex project environments are lacking. The purpose of this research is to propose an NK-network evolution model to evaluate stakeholder performance on relationship management in the development of megaprojects. Design/methodology/approach: The model input includes the stakeholder-associated issues and stakeholders' relational strategies, the co-effects of which determine the internal effects of relationship management in megaprojects. The model processing simulates the stakeholder performance of relationship management under the dynamic and complex nature of megaprojects. The NK model shows the dynamic stakeholder interactions on relationship management, whereas the network model presents the complex stakeholder structures of the relationships between stakeholders and relevant issues. The model output is the evolution graph to reveal the weak stakeholder performance on relationship management in the timeline of the project duration. Findings: The research finding reveals that all stakeholders experience the plunge of stakeholder performance of relationship management at the decision-making moment of the planning stage. Construction, environmental and pressure groups may experience the hardship of relationship management at the start of the construction stage. The government is likely to suffer difficulties in relationship management in the late construction stage. Local industry groups would face challenges in relationship management in the middle of the construction stage and handover stage. Originality/value: The research provides a useful approach to measuring weak moments of relationship management for each stakeholder in various project phases, considering the dynamic and complex environments of megaprojects. The proposed model extends the current knowledge body on how to make project stakeholder analysis by modelling dynamic and complex environments of megaprojects, with bridging the knowledge domains of evolution modeling techniques and network methods.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | evolution modeling; megaprojects; relationship management; stakeholder |
| Index terms: | strategy, face, megaproject, project stakeholder, evolution, methodology, decision-making, complex project, interaction, modelling, duration, relationship management |
| Subjects: | environmental science, strategic project management, analytical methods, psychology, behavioral psychology, project controls, sociology, decision analysis, management, research methods |
| Topics: | Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Sustainability, Business Strategy, Project Management, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Organizational Design, Time Control, Human Resources |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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