Breakthrough innovation and the role of the project manager: An exploratory study

Breakthrough innovation and the role of the project manager: An exploratory study (Αγγλική)

  1. MSc thesis
  2. PANAGIOTOPOULOS, ALEXANDROS
  3. Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων (MBA)
  4. 08 Σεπτεμβρίου 2018 [2018-09-08]
  5. Αγγλικά
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  7. Fafaliou, Irene
  8. Fafaliou, Irene | Tzortzaki, Alexia Mary
  9. Πρωτοποριακή καινοτομία, διευθυντής έργου, δημόσιος τομέας, ιδιωτικός τομέας, Ελλάδα | Breakthrough innovation, project manager, public sector, private sector, Greece
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  13. List of Figures Figure 1: Zones of Innovation 12 Figure 2: Structure of Organization A 39 Figure 3: Gender definition 46 Figure 4: Sector distribution 47 Figure 5: Managers-employees proportion per sector 47 Figure 6: Educational background of the participants per sector 48 Figure 7: Age distribution of the participants 48 Figure 8: Work experience of the participants in the specific organization 49 Figure 9: Involvement of participants in the current BI project per sector 50 Figure 10: Involvement of participants in previous BI projects per sector 50 Figure 11: Involvement of participants in previous traditional projects per sector 51 List of Tables Table 1 : Differences between private and public sector innovation 10
  14. Management of People and Organizations, Volume 1 Management. 2nd ed. Patras / Athanasios Mihiotis
    • The role of the project manager to a project success is widely recognized as considerably important. In the case of breakthrough innovative project, this role is even more vital due to the many challenges that breakthrough innovation entails. It is also well acknowledged that the efficiency and effectiveness of the project manager is quite influenced by the context he/she is working in; according to the literature, the public-sector environment appears to have certain diversified characteristics in comparison to private sector that make project management context-dependent. Moreover, the business environment of private organizations involves a number of tough demands from the managers dealing with such projects, fact that it is not always the case with the public sector. However, this specific research area lacks adequate context-specific empirical data, in particular in Greece. This dissertation attempts to provide a better understanding of the role of project manager in breakthrough innovation process by investigating the way that managers and employees perceive the relationship between the project manager’s skills and competences and the success or failure of innovative projects. To achieve this purpose, we conduct a comparative case study analysis. In particular, we explore in detail the cases of two companies, which both operate in the electricity distribution market; the one belongs to the public sector while the other belongs to the private sector. In order to obtain more elaborated outcomes, in addition to the case study analysis, we employ the method of in-depth interviews with a number of project managers and employees working in the two companies under examination. The major findings of the empirical research show that the role of manager is substantially differentiated by environmental factors and thus the project manager appears occasionally to need certain context-specific skills and attributes in order to perform his tasks successfully.
    • The role of the project manager to a project success is widely recognized as considerably important. In the case of breakthrough innovative project, this role is even more vital due to the many challenges that breakthrough innovation entails. It is also well acknowledged that the efficiency and effectiveness of the project manager is quite influenced by the context he/she is working in; according to the literature, the public-sector environment appears to have certain diversified characteristics in comparison to private sector that make project management context-dependent. Moreover, the business environment of private organizations involves a number of tough demands from the managers dealing with such projects, fact that it is not always the case with the public sector. However, this specific research area lacks adequate context-specific empirical data, in particular in Greece. This dissertation attempts to provide a better understanding of the role of project manager in breakthrough innovation process by investigating the way that managers and employees perceive the relationship between the project manager’s skills and competences and the success or failure of innovative projects. To achieve this purpose, we conduct a comparative case study analysis. In particular, we explore in detail the cases of two companies, which both operate in the electricity distribution market; the one belongs to the public sector while the other belongs to the private sector. In order to obtain more elaborated outcomes, in addition to the case study analysis, we employ the method of in-depth interviews with a number of project managers and employees working in the two companies under examination. The major findings of the empirical research show that the role of manager is substantially differentiated by environmental factors and thus the project manager appears occasionally to need certain context-specific skills and attributes in order to perform his tasks successfully.
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