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Project Management in cross-sector social-oriented partnerships
A comparative study on the formation of partnerships in
Romania, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Germany
Laura Kreiling and Adriana Valentina Andronache (2014)
Motivation & Background
Cross-sector social-oriented partnerships (CSSPs) are
The researchers are graduates of the Erasmus Mundus Master
increasing in practice and in the literature but
of Science in Strategic Project Management.
management responsibilities have been largely unclear.
During their master studies– in Scotland, Italy and Sweden–
Project management was found to be a relevant area for
(2012-2014) they found to share a passion for issues around
investigation because cross-sector collaborations and
the intersection of society and business.
projects have similar characteristics and projects are
Currently, Laura is improving resource demand forecasting with
mentioned separately in the two literature fields.
expert knowledge at a bus manufacturer in Scotland and
Consequently, this research has explored, described and Adriana is setting up a Project Management Office in Camso, a
analysed the context and use of project management in
tyres & tracks company, in Luxembourg.
the formation phase of CSSPs in Europe.
1. Planting good deeds
3. Ayrshire Juniper Recovery
• A multinational IT corporation and an
environmental civil-society initiative planted trees
• A family-owned distillery and an environmental
organisation set out to preserve juniper
• Employees were involved in two planting
activities, in spring and in autumn 2013
• A two-year programme between 2012-2014 to
prevent to the decline of juniper
2. Fair Opera project
4. Social basketball partnership
•
A Swedish bank and a cultural organisation
created art events for children
• A basketball team and a social enterprise created
sport events for the disabled
•
Between 2010-2015 music and stories were
created by children and transformed by
professionals into an opera
• Since 2013, informal cooperation to encourage
contact between professional basketball players
and disabled children and adults
Findings & Contribution
The way how project management is deployed depends on
The integration of project management as parameter in the
the individual circumstances of the CSSP – the contextual
collaboration continuum by Austin (2000):
elements and the intention with which the CSSP is formed:
• Service provision: the third sector organisation is fully in
charge of the project and the interactions of partners in
the partnership as such are mainly at its beginning and
its end (Unity Enterprise);
• Event-based: interaction is mainly at the beginning and
project management is deployed by the respective
The formality of project management in a CSSP is connected
organisation for the individual events (cases 1, 2, 4).
to the stage in the continuum:
• Joint problem solving: both partners have more
• Transactional stage: mainly informally
intersections than in the previous two cases as well as
• Integrative stage: rather formal
formal deployment of project management (case 3)
This
gives
rise
to
further
research
and
suggests
a
more
Project management is expedient because its use bolsters
deliberate application of managerial techniques for which
not only the project but also the partnership as such and
project management provides great potential.
allows addressing today's challenges by means of CSSPs.