Integrating Sustainability into Technology-Oriented Project Management: Cases from South Africa

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Author(s): Alan Brent (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)and Carin Tredoux (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 22
Source title: Sustainability Integration for Effective Project Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gilbert Silvius (HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands & Van Aetsveld, The Netherlands)and Jennifer Tharp (Mastodon Consulting, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4177-8.ch010

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Environment & Agriculture / Operations and Service Management / Sustainable Development

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Various driving forces originating from society, government, employees, and partners are forcing the enterprise to both incorporate sustainable development in its internal operations and practices, and to align these with the principles thereof. Technology-oriented project management, as a core competency of many enterprises, is not excluded from these requirements. Four cases are explored of how the aspects of sustainability have been addressed by various approaches and tools to enhance the performances of enterprises—in the context of project management in South Africa. The associated challenges are highlighted and the requirement for further work, to address the shortfalls, is outlined. Specifically, by developing methods for understanding the full implications of alternative choices and their relative attractiveness in terms of enhancing the resilience of systems, by extending the field of sustainability science into the field of project management.

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