Using Certification as a Tool to Develop Sustainability in Project Management

Martínez-Perales, Silvia; Ortiz‐Marcos, Isabel; Ruiz, Jesús Juan; Lázaro, J. Pérez

doi:10.3390/su10051408

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“…The contribution the study makes is that it provides a validation of the patterns of stimulus of project managers, "Intrinsically motivated", "Task driven" and "Pragmatic" as found by on Silvius et al [12], while deepening our understanding of these patterns in terms of occurrence, correlation with personal characteristics and correlation with characteristics of the project and industries that the project managers are active in. By doing this, the study contributes to the need to bring sustainability considerations in project management into practice [15].…”

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Exploring Patterns of Sustainability Stimuli of Project Managers

2019

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Sustainable project management is becoming important and the sustainability concepts of people, the planet and profit needs to be incorporated into any type of project. This article focuses on the behavior of the project manager per se and the stimuli patterns that motivate them to adhere to sustainable project management. Three stimuli patterns are used i.e., intrinsically motivated, pragmatic and task driven. To determine which of these patterns influence a project manager, a quantitative pair-wise comparison was used. Twelve statements were used in a pair-wise comparison resulting in a combination of 66 questions. A sample of 101 project managers was analyzed to determine the stimuli patterns. The results indicate that the most prevalent stimulus pattern is the intrinsically motivated pattern with the other two patterns equally important. The results are consistent across gender, age and types of projects as well as industries. It can be concluded that for this study, project managers incorporate sustainability because they feel that it is something they should do. The motivation to consider sustainability is dominated by their behavioral beliefs and the characteristics of the project, or the opinion of others, do not play a large role. This research contributes to the larger body of knowledge with regards to sustainable project management and specifically to the human behavior of project managers. This research addresses the gap that currently exists in current literature where the focus is on the product's sustainability and sustainable processes.

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Exploring Patterns of Sustainability Stimuli of Project Managers

2019

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“…Marcelino-Sádaba et al [2] further assert that more progress has been made in the environmental focus of relevant research, than the social aspect, which would be the domain for PM. Generally, extant literature, for the most part, is focused on issues such as analysing key aspects of sustainability projects [6]; introduction of management systems [13]; PM commitment to sustainability [14]; sustainability assessment [7]; Project sustainability performance [15]; technology, Materials, risk, and cost [7]; Design [7,16,17]; Critical success factors [18]; stakeholders, organisational goals [19]; and innovation diffusion [18,20]. Most existing studies do not present a concise picture of the nature and occurrence of challenges, for better classifications and articulation of the dynamics, with regards to PM practice, and from the experiences and perceptions of PMs.…”

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Sustainability in Project Management Practice

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The study focused on the application of sustainability in project management, with reference to attendant difficulties experienced, which affect the goal of achieving sustainability outcomes in project management. As such the study explored the nature and occurrence of challenges to the integration of sustainability principles with PM practice. A review of purposively sampled literature was complemented with fieldwork, which involved an online questionnaire with eighty-nine participants, to collect qualitative data, using South Africa as context. The major limitation was the purposive use of professional project managers as a sample population. The findings reveal that project managers experience significant challenges when implementing sustainability in their practice. While confirming deductions from the literature review, findings suggest that the most significant challenge may be the lack of information among participants and other stakeholders. One major implication is that other identified difficulties may be traceable to the same lack of knowledge in the subject area. Identified consequences include delayed projects and complete abandonment of the sustainability principles in projects. The integration of sustainability principles with project management practice is a growing niche area of project management knowledge. The study contributes a unique exploration of nature and occurrence, and dynamics of attendant challenges, through a comparison of experience and perception. The comparison has highlighted the differences between the experience and perception of project managers, with reference to the application of sustainability principles.

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“…Tangible outcomes of the integration of the environmental [48,60] and energy management processes [61] are considered in terms of waste management, resource reduction for low carbon [62], and climate change mitigation [24]. The activities that come under the control of an organization, excluding product design [46], such as eco-design [63], are considered in this context.…”

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Development of a Sustainability Index for an Energy Management System in Thailand

Nakthong

Kubaha

2019

Sustainability

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The ISO 50001 energy management system (EnMS) standard was published in June 2011 and has been widely adopted by organizations from around the world, including Thailand. From 2014–2017, there was a continuous increase in the number of ISO 50001-certified companies in the East Asia and Pacific regions and, more broadly, the world, although this is not consistent with the number of companies that emerged during this period in Thailand. This information shows that the implementation of energy management in some companies may not be sustainable. This research offers a novel method for assessing the quality of energy management in the form of an energy management system sustainability index (EnMS SI) framework, presenting the economic, organizational, energy performance, and environmental aspects of sustainable energy management. Data collection, from a literature review of related research and the EnMS good practices, was implemented in order to select sustainability indicators and further develop a sustainability index for energy management. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and weighted arithmetic mean (WAM) were used to establish an EnMS SI. The study results were then assessed and validated using 31 ISO 50001-certified companies in Thailand. Direct interviews and questionnaires were used to obtain responses from energy management representatives. The studied data indicated that an EnMS SI framework can be used in qualitative analyses to effectively determine the sustainability of an EnMS. Significant sustainability indicators, consisting of continuous benefits, top management commitment, and long-term strategic planning, were found. The results also revealed that the EnMS in Thailand has been significantly economically weak. The EnMS SI framework is a tool for assessing energy management sustainability, which allows for the determination of an organization’s actual strengths and weaknesses. The benefits of this framework include the possibility of determining guidelines for correcting and improving the EnMS to achieve sustainability.

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Using Certification as a Tool to Develop Sustainability in Project Management

Cited by 26 publications

References 31 publications

Exploring Patterns of Sustainability Stimuli of Project Managers

Exploring Patterns of Sustainability Stimuli of Project Managers

Sustainability in Project Management Practice

Development of a Sustainability Index for an Energy Management System in Thailand

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