Improving project work in the middle of cultural change
Huurinainen, Harri (2014)
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023111329245
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023111329245
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This thesis is a result of the writer’s own interest in project management and effective working. Project management should have been put into practice in the company but the change has been difficult.
The objective of this thesis was to find the ways to improve the project working from the perspective of an ordinary designer. The company the thesis is made for is in a cultural change and the project management processes are brought into use.
The study is made by participating in the project and observing the working. The writer has interviewed personnel from the various levels participating in the project. This information is compared to the theory and to the good practices.
The results show that the organizational culture and the leadership have an essential impact on the project management implementing in the middle of the change of the culture. Working in the new way requires a great deal from the different parties in the company. The change begins from the company’s management and streams through the organization to the workers. Everyone needs to be committed, the change should be managed and controlled and truly brought into use.
The objective of this thesis was to find the ways to improve the project working from the perspective of an ordinary designer. The company the thesis is made for is in a cultural change and the project management processes are brought into use.
The study is made by participating in the project and observing the working. The writer has interviewed personnel from the various levels participating in the project. This information is compared to the theory and to the good practices.
The results show that the organizational culture and the leadership have an essential impact on the project management implementing in the middle of the change of the culture. Working in the new way requires a great deal from the different parties in the company. The change begins from the company’s management and streams through the organization to the workers. Everyone needs to be committed, the change should be managed and controlled and truly brought into use.