On the strategic project management process in the UK upstream oil and gas sector

Omega

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-103

  Asrilhant, Boris ^a   Dyson, Robert G ^b   Meadows, Maureen ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Managing projects; Strategic project management; Success and strategy; Upstream oil and gas sector

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY;

EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; MANAGING PROGRAMMES; OIL AND GAS SECTOR; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS; STRATEGIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUCCESS AND STRATEGY; UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS SECTOR;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748597965     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Buckley A. International investment: value creation and appraisal. Denmark: Copenhagen Business School; 1998.
2. Bontis N., Dragonetti N.C., Jacobsen K., and Roos G. The knowledge technique box: a review of the techniques available to measure and manage intangible resources. European Management Journal 17 4 (1999) 391-401
3. Foss NJ, editor. Resources and strategy: problems, open issues, and ways ahead. Resources, firms and strategies: a reader in the resource-based perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1997. p. 345-65.
4. Amram M., and Kulatilaka N. Real options: managing strategic investments in an uncertain world (1999), Harvard Business School Press, MA
5. Kaplan R.S., and Norton D.P. The balanced scorecard: measures that drive performance. Harvard Business Review 70 1 (1992) 71-79
6. Partington D. Implementing strategy through programmes of projects. In: Turner JR, Simister SJ, editors, Gower handbook of project management, 3rd ed. UK: Gower Publishing Ltd.; 2000. p. 33-46.
7. Turner R. Project success and strategy. In: Turner J.R., and Simister S.J. (Eds). Gower handbook of project management (2000), Gower Publishing Ltd., UK 77-84
8. Becker H.S. Scenarios: a tool of growing importance to policy analysts in government and industry. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 23 (1983) 95-120
9. Ward S.C., and Chapman C.B. Risk management perspective on the project lifecycle. International Journal of Project Management 13 2 (1995) 145-149
10. Chapman C.B. Project risk analysis and management. International Journal of Project Management 15 5 (1997) 273-281
11. Dawson C. Managing the project life cycle. In: Turner JR, Simister SJ, editors, Gower Handbook of project management, 3rd ed. UK: Gower Publishing Ltd.; 2000. p. 431-49.
12. Murray-Webster R, Thiry M. Managing programmes of projects. In: Turner JR, Simister SJ, editors, Gower handbook of project management, 3rd ed. UK: Gower Publishing Ltd.; 2000. p. 47-63.
13. Turner R. Projects and project management. In: Turner JR, Simister SJ, editors, Gower handbook of project management, 3rd ed. UK: Gower Publishing Ltd.; 2000. p. 65-76.
14. Kahneman D., and Lovallo D. Timid choices and bold forecasts: a cognitive perspective on risk taking. Management Science 39 1 (1993) 17-31
15. Clarke A. A practical use of key success factors to improve the effectiveness of project management. International Journal of Project Management 7 3 (1999) 139-145
16. McGrath R.G. Falling forward: real options reasoning and entrepreneurial failure. Academy of Management Journal 24 1 (1999) 13-30
17. Simons R. Levers of control: how managers use innovative control systems to drive strategic renewal (1995), Harvard Business School Press, MA
18. Pharro R. Processes and procedures. In: Turner JR, Simister SJ, editors. Gower handbook of project management, 3rd ed. UK: Gower Publishing Ltd.; 2000. p. 85-112.
19. Clarke A, Dawson R. Quantity and quality: paradigmatic choices in evaluation methodology. In: Clarke A, Dawson R, editors. Evaluation research: an introduction to principles, methods and practice. UK: Sage Publications; 1999. p. 35-63.
20. Patton M.Q. Utilization-focused evaluation (1986), Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA
21. Clarke A., and Dawson R. Methods of data collection. In: Clarke A., and Dawson R. (Eds). Evaluation research: an introduction to principles, methods and practice (1999), Sage Publications, UK 64-92
22. Mingers J. Multi-paradigm multimethodology. In: Mingers, and Gill (Eds). Multimethodology: the theory and practice of combining management science methodologies (1997), Wiley, Chichester
23. Glasser B., and Strauss A. Discovery of grounded theory: strategies for qualitative research (1967), Aldine, Chicago
24. Lyles MA, Mitroff II. The strategic problem formulation: an empirical study. Administrative Science Quarterly 1980; 25.
25. Pettigrew A. What is processual analysis?. Scandinavian Journal of Management 13 4 (1997) 337-348
26. Dyson R.G., and O'Brien F.A. Strategic development. In: Dyson R.G., and O'Brien F.A. (Eds). Strategic development (1998), Wiley, UK 3-16
27. West C.T., and Schwenk C.R. Top management team strategic consensus, demographic homogeneity and firm performance: a report of resounding nonfindings. Strategic Management Journal 17 (1996) 571-576
28. Starbuck W.H., and Mezias J.M. Opening Pandora's box: studying the accuracy of managers' perceptions. Journal of Organizational Behavior 17 2 (1996) 99-117
29. Foo C.T. Perceptions of corporate productivity practices. OMEGA 18 4 (1990) 355-363
30. Fuentes-Fuentes M.M., Albacete-Saez C.A., and Llorens-Montes F.J. The impact of environmental characteristics on TQM principles and organisational performance. OMEGA 32 6 (2004) 425-442
31. Desarbo W.S., di Bendetto C.A., Song M., and Sinha I. Revisiting the miles and snow strategic framework: uncovering interrelationships between strategic types, capabilities, environmental uncertainty, and firm performance. Strategic Management Journal 26 (2005) 47-74
32. Wiklund J., and Shepherd D. Knowledge-based resources, entrepreneurial orientation, and the performance of small and medium-sized businesses. Strategic Management Journal 24 (2003) 1307-1314
33. Elsbach K.D., and Barr P.S. The effects of mood on individuals' use of structured decision protocols. Organization Science 10 2 (1999) 181-198
34. Hambrick D.C. Environmental scanning and organizational strategy. Strategic Management Journal 3 2 (1982) 159-175
35. Mikkelsen A., Ogaard T., and Lovrich N. Modeling the effects of organizational setting and individual coping style on employees' subjective health, job satisfaction and commitment. Public Administration Quarterly 24 3 (2004) 371-397
36. Benbunan-Fich R., and Hiltz S.R. Impacts of asynchronous learning networks on individual and group problem solving: a field experiment. Group Decision and Negotiation 8 5 (1999) 409-426
37. Thirkell P.C., and Dau R. Export performance: success determinants for New Zealand manufacturing exporters. European Journal of Marketing 32 9,10 (1998) 813-829
38. Rodan S., and Gallunic C. More than network structure: how knowledge heterogeneity influences managerial performance and innovativeness. Strategic Management Journal 25 6 (2004) 541-562
39. Miller S., Wilson D., and Hickson D. Beyond planning: strategies for successfully implementing strategic decisions. Long Range Planning 37 (2004) 201-218
40. Shoham A. Bounded rationality, planning, standardization of international strategy, and export performance: a structural model examination. Journal of International Marketing 7 2 (1999) 24-50
41. Shoham A. Export performance: a conceptualization and empirical assessment. Journal of International Marketing 6 3 (1998) 59-81
42. Barwise P., Marsh P.R., and Wensley R. Must finance and strategy clash?. Harvard Business Review 67 5 (1989) 85-90
43. Galliers R.D. Strategic information systems planning: myths, reality and guidelines for successful implementation. European Journal of Information Systems 1 1 (1991) 55-64
44. Converse J.M., and Presser S. Survey questions: handcrafting the standardized questionnaire (1986), Sage University Papers, London
45. Spector P.E. Summated rating scale construction: an introduction. In: Lewis-Beck M.S. (Ed). Basic measurement-international handbooks of quantitative applications in the social sciences (1994), Sage Publication Ltd., UK 229-300
46. Hair JF, Anderson RE, Tatham RL, Black WC. Multivariate data analysis, 5th ed. NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.
47. Tushman M.L., and Scanlan T.J. Boundary spanning individuals: their role in information transfer and their antecedents. Academy of Management Journal 24 1 (1981) 83-98
48. Tushman M.L., and Scanlan T.J. Boundary spanning individuals: their role in information transfer and their antecedents. Academy of Management Journal 24 2 (1981) 289-305
49. Asrilhant B., Meadows M., and Dyson R.G. Exploring decision support and strategic project management in the oil and gas sector. European Management Journal 22 1 (2004) 63-73