Al-Hajri, S N (2017) Public values and project management practices & processes in the public sector in the case of the State of Qatar. PhD thesis, Bangor University, UK.
Abstract
This dissertation discusses three important issues. First, it highlights previous attempts to asses public projects and to apply Public Value Theory developed by Moore (1995) in real case studies. Second, it focuses on developing an assessment tool that aims to evaluate public projects, which focus more when comparing to private projects on creating non-financial values that are needed and expected by the public. Third, it provides findings of the application of the proposed tool in three different public projects in Qatar. The methodology consists of two main phases: exploratory and confirmatory. During the exploratory phase, the researcher investigated previous public reports and attempts to apply project management in the public sector. The researcher then conducted questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with project managers from 14 different governmental organizations in Qatar. The sample size for the questionnaires was (n=118) with (93) complete responses. The outcomes of the exploratory phase helped to form the proposed assessment tool which combine project management best practices and processes with Public Value Theory & Critical Success Factors developed by Fortune & White (2006). During the exploratory phase, this established tool was applied on three public projects and the findings showed that the tool was effective and can help project managers in the public sector, providing powerful evidence of creating Public Value. Data collecting and proposed tool application was conducted in Qatar, where there is a lack in similar research that dicusses project managaement practices and processes in the public sector as well as previous attempts to create PV.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor: | Karami, A and Nikolopoulos, K |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | best practice; government; project manager; case studies; interview; critical success factor; sample size; Qatar |
| Index terms: | interview, project management practice, questionnaire, evidence, public project, methodology, critical success factor, case study, project manager, public value theory, public sector, sample size, best practice, project management, Qatar, dissertation, public value |
| Subjects: | control systems, business, research design and methodology, data collection methods, profession, project management theory and practice, political science, administrative law, social economics, research dissemination and communication, evaluation and assessment methods, infrastructure engineering, Geography, research methods |
| Topics: | Governance, Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Legal Issues, Engineering Principles, Geographical Context, Project Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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