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Integrating Project Strategy for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework

Integrating Project Strategy for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework

Lynn A. Keeys, Martina Huemann, Rodney Turner
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466641778|ISBN10: 1466641770|EISBN13: 9781466641785
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4177-8.ch002
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Keeys, Lynn A., et al. "Integrating Project Strategy for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework." Sustainability Integration for Effective Project Management, edited by Gilbert Silvius and Jennifer Tharp, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 20-38. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4177-8.ch002

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Keeys, L. A., Huemann, M., & Turner, R. (2013). Integrating Project Strategy for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework. In G. Silvius & J. Tharp (Eds.), Sustainability Integration for Effective Project Management (pp. 20-38). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4177-8.ch002

Chicago

Keeys, Lynn A., Martina Huemann, and Rodney Turner. "Integrating Project Strategy for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework." In Sustainability Integration for Effective Project Management, edited by Gilbert Silvius and Jennifer Tharp, 20-38. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4177-8.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter proposes a conceptual framework for integrating project strategy for Sustainable Development (SD) within the context of corporate sustainability strategy. Project SD strategy is the missing link between SD at the corporate level and project level. The framework draws on a literature review of concepts, definitions, and theories in strategic management, corporate sustainability, and projects. The conceptual framework presented in this book chapter has six key components. These are: (1) corporate sustainability strategy; (2) project understanding of SD and SD business case; (3) strategizing at project initiation stage; (4) project autonomy to negotiate and adapt in the project context; (5) project capability to translate corporate SD strategy to project SD strategy; and (6) project capability in stakeholder management. The premise of the framework is the compatibility of the socially constructed realities of the project and SD, as indicated in SD and project literature. The aim is to help develop new knowledge and insight into how business can integrate SD principles into core business operations such as projects from a process perspective, rather than sustainability content perspective. This chapter is based on doctoral dissertation research by the lead author.

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