Theses for Project Management
Theses for Project Management
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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 ... -
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 Influence of Risks on the Cost Overrun of ICT Network Projects
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-09)As the internet is becoming an increasingly inescapable part of our lives, which is being facilitated through a number of disruptive technologies, it has become mandatory for the government sector to operate in such a ... -
The influence of the supportive learning environment on the association between the knowledge management processes and continuous innovation in the UAE financial sector
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-04)This thesis examines the influence of supportive learning environment on the association between the six knowledge processes and continuous innovation in the UAE financial sector. A conceptual model of the connections ... -
The Relationship between Leadership & Project Staff Turnover
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-09)The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between leadership styles and their impacts to staff turnover in banking sectors at the United Arab Emirates. The objectives are to relate the type of leadership ... -
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 ... -
The Influence of Innovation Strategy Diffusion on the UAE Public Sector Initiatives Outcomes
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-12)Innovation in the public sector has been a challenging task given that private sectors across the United Arab Emirates prove more competitive. The current statistics show that the scale and nature of challenges in ... -
Value Co-Creation using Activity Theory: Cord Blood Donor Recruitment in Hospitals
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-08)Donor management involves major activities including recruitment, invitation, selection, and donation processes. Donor recruitment is one of the critical stages that ensures sufficient amounts of blood are received at blood ... -
The relationship between Determinants of Risk Governance assurance and efficacy of the Public projects in the Government of Dubai from the perspective of Internal Audit Function
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-04)The government of Dubai has been heavily focusing on the public sector and investing in the infrastructural development of mega-projects to support and increase the economic growth of the nation and have reliable alternatives ... -
Modelling Risks for Physical Security Assets Development and Operation in High-Value Retailer Projects in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-12)As the drive towards efficiency and effectiveness in infrastructure spending intensifies, the topic of WLCC (Whole Lifecycle Costing) has taken added importance, aligned with the general mandate of providing the best value ... -
Programme Management Success: A Study of the UAE Utilities Sector
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-03)There has been increasing interest in programme management which is used as a means to implement strategy, develop and maintain new capabilities in order to manage change. This research aims to understand the phenomenon ... -
The influence of project managers’ competencies on the delivery of successful innovation in projects
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-02)This thesis investigates the influence of project manager innovation competencies on the delivery of successful innovation in projects in the United Arab Emirates. The objectives of this thesis are to critically investigate ... -
The Knowledge-Evolving Project: An Exploratory Study of Knowing Acts in a Digitisation Project
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-03)The aim of this research thesis is to explore the knowledge exploitation practices that drive the knowledge evolution spiral of project knowledge management. This is different to the conventional knowledge creation spiral ... -
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 ... -
Managing CSR projects and programmes in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-09)Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an increasingly influential concept, which is usually claimed to be implemented more in the West than in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and MENA region, where it is portrayed ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
An investigation into the Impact of Operational Readiness Factors on the Success of Airports Projects in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-05)In traditional project management literature, we notice the absence of a dedicated phase for operations and maintenance preparation and support for the newly completed product. Consultants, contractors and project managers ... -
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 ... -
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 ...