Browsing Theses for Project Management by Title
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Alignment of Team Integration with Successful Digital Transformation in the Higher Education Sector in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-03)This study looks into the alignment between team integration and successful digital transformation in higher education sectors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Although several researchers have studied various team ... -
Ambidexterity through Project Portfolio Management Resolving paradoxes in organizations
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-06)This thesis aims to build an understanding of how ambidexterity can be achieved in Project Based Organizations (PBOs). Ambidexterity is the organizational ability to simultaneously explore market and exploit knowledge and ... -
The Analysis of Project Governance and Cultural Intelligence in the Successful Delivery of Complex Construction Projects: The Case of the UAE Construction Sector
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-03)The overarching aim of this research was to examine how project governance and cultural intelligence can influence successful complex construction project delivery. The research proposed a model that comprises project ... -
A design thinking-based Framework for effective business excellence outcomes in the public sector
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-10)Business excellence has a proven history of making real differences in the outcomes of organizations. However, most scholarly published research is limited to the application of excellence models in the private sector, ... -
Determinants of Employee Resistance to Change for Optimised Organisational Performance in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-02)Employee resistance is one of the most important problems in organization restructuring management. It has a huge impact on how any proposed change initiative in the organization will succeed. Employee’s cooperation with ... -
Determinants of Value Benefits in Adopting an Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) – ABU DHABI Oil and Gas, UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-02)The requirement for modern businesses to develop complex projects has forced businesses to consider opportunities for application of specific contracting models which would guarantee adequate distribution of responsibility ... -
Developing a Framework for Implementing Public Private Partnerships in a Research Reactor Project in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-04)Public private partnerships (PPP) procurement instruments have been very popular tools for developing projects around the world. This is largely due to their success in bringing quality, efficiency, innovation, funds, ... -
Developing a Framework for Measuring Organisational Cyber Resilience Against External and Internal Cyber Threats
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-07)This dissertation empirically examines the level of resilience and readiness for cyber-risks in public sector organisations within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide managers with proactive mechanism to improve the ... -
Developing a Stochastic Model to Predict Cost Overrun due to the Causes of Projects Delay in Oil Fields Construction Industry
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-05)The criticality of managing projects delay in oil fields construction projects has been exacerbated by the general complexities associated with the sources of projects delay and how varied the impact may be to various ... -
Diffusion of ICT Innovations in UAE Public Schools and The Role of Stakeholder Engagement
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-03)ICT innovations played a vital role in driving last century developments characterised as the digital revolution introducing unprecedented opportunities across different life sectors. This digital revolution is expected ... -
The effect of stakeholder integration on open innovation in construction projects
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-04)This thesis investigates the effect of stakeholder integration on innovation effectiveness in an open innovation context in sustainable construction projects. It delivers an original contribution to knowledge by developing ... -
An Empirical Study on Measuring Operating Efficiency and Revenue of Real Estate Assets in the UAE Using Data Envelopment Analysis
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-12)The main focus of this thesis is building assets in the United Arab Emirates as a representative of emerging real estate markets. Research conducted in this thesis tackles the issue of efficiency in building assets. There ... -
Enablers and Barriers to Knowledge sharing in the UAE infrastructural projects
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-03)The sharing of knowledge could be a catalyst for achieving organisational goals more quickly, or it could also be a means to a poor ending of a project. Recent researches have recognised the complications of knowledge ... -
Evaluating the role of environmental concern, risk perception and stakeholder salience in driving sustainable water consumption within sustainability project initiatives in the UAE hospitality sector
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-12)The global water scarcity problem and unsustainable water consumption hinders the realisation of sustainability goals, therefore, the aim of this thesis is to empirically examine the influence of individual and stakeholder ... -
An Exploratory Study on the Role of Stakeholder Management in the Implementation of Smart Government Projects in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-10)The extant literature on stakeholder theory describes it as a vital managerial tool for establishing relationships across various organisational domains and establishing product/or service value. Although there is not an ... -
Exploring Public Sector Resilience to Emerging Events
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-05)There are certain challenges that require the public sector to be more resilient in the face of emerging events. These include the fourth industrial revolution, change in economic structures, security challenges, health ... -
Factors Impacting the Adoption and Implementation of Business Intelligence and Analytics Projects in Organizations
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-05)The main aim of this research is to increase the understanding of why some organizations invest in and adopt Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) projects while others do not. BI&A projects are defined in this ... -
Forecasting Resilience Loss for Flexible Pavement under the Impact of Temperature due to Climate Change
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-06)Projects and programmes for maintenance and rehabilitation works are crucial for pavement assets in order to achieve the required levels of safety and operability. It is well documented in the literature that pavement ... -
The Impact of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System on Workers’ Performance in the Abu Dhabi Construction Industry
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-06)Abu Dhabi Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHAD) was established as a government center in Abu Dhabi in 2010. The objective of the Center is to manage and ensure the proper implementation of an integrated occupational ... -
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on the firms’ Financial Performance and Value Creation: the case of Publicly Listed firms in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-05)CSR is the Corporate Social Responsibility of a business which includes the economic, legal, ethical, and discretionary expectations that society has of corporate at a given point in time. Several studies have sprung out ...