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dc.contributor.authorVan der Waldt, Gerrit
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-23T09:20:50Z
dc.date.available2015-02-23T09:20:50Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationVan der Waldt, G. 2011. The uniqueness of public sector project management: a contextual perspective. Politeia. 30(2):66-87. [http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/polit]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-8845
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/13426
dc.description.abstractDebates about the differences between management applications in public and private sector settings are prevalent in higher education institutions. Within the context of these debates, higher education service providers offering project management training increasingly find it difficult to develop qualifications and programmes to cater for the peculiar needs and applications of project management in public and private sector settings. Although there are virtually no differences as far as principles, approaches, techniques and methodologies are concerned, it is the contention of this article that the application context thereof within the two sectors differs. The literature seldom makes adequate provision for the particular nature of government projects and therefore public managers, who need to act as project managers in various service and product delivery capacities, find it difficult to apply the principles, processes and procedures to the particular environment in which they have to execute projects. The purpose of this article is to explore the potential uniqueness or distinctiveness of project management applications in the public sector, in comparison to those in private sector settings. By clarifying the uniqueness of public sector projects, training and development service providers could optimally cater for prospective project managers by ensuring that their capacity-building programmes make provision for these contextual peculiarities.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://reference.sabinet.co.za/document/EJC88271
dc.description.urihttp://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/polit
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSabineten_US
dc.subjectPublic sectoren_US
dc.subjectprivate sectoren_US
dc.subjectprojectsen_US
dc.subjectproject managementen_US
dc.subjectpublic sector project managementen_US
dc.subjectuniquenessen_US
dc.subjectpublic management capacity developmenten_US
dc.subjectservice deliveryen_US
dc.titleThe uniqueness of public sector project management: a contextual perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID12330841 - Van der Waldt, Gerrit


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