Strategic project management as an innovative approach for sustainable green campus buildings in Africa
| Autor: | Pantaleo Mutajwaa Daniel Rwelamila, Neha Purushottam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Engineering
Knowledge management Core business media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies Human Factors and Ergonomics 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Originality 021105 building & construction 0502 economics and business Project management Practical implications Civil and Structural Engineering media_common Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry 05 social sciences Building and Construction Public relations Urban Studies Paradigm shift Approaches of management Norm (social) Green building business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Smart and Sustainable Built Environment. 5:261-271 |
| ISSN: | 2046-6099 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/sasbe-09-2015-0029 |
| Popis: | Purpose Across the African continent many colleges and universities are facing hurdles in sustaining green building initiatives. Often the barriers to green building are not purely financial, they include a significant number of non-financial issues directly connected with the way green building initiatives are integrated within the management of these higher learning institutions (HLIs). The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons behind widespread barriers and the ways in which the barriers could be overcome through strategic project management. Design/methodology/approach The paper includes a critical review of existing literature on barriers to sustaining green building initiatives and an argument is built on the need to manage these initiatives as projects. Consequently it establishes that there is a seamless connection between HLIs strategies and projects, hence strategic project management as a framework to sustain the green campus culture. Findings Despite numerous barriers facing African HLIs in embracing green campus buildings (GCBs) as part of their permanent business undertakings; this review strongly suggest a change of direction from “traditional approaches” to strategic project management, where all green building initiatives are transformed to programmes and portfolios dealing with sub-sets of the core business of HLIs. Practical implications Strategic decision to include green campus building initiatives (GCBIs) as part of HLIs core strategic business projects will bring permanence in GCB thinking and resources will be allocated to GCBIs and green campus thinking may become a norm and one of the metrics for organization success. Social implications Strategic project as a way to creating a conducive-environment for GCBIs success will become a constant and part of the way in which African HLIs are managed. Originality/value Contemporary management approaches like strategic project management is embraced as mean for allowing under-resourced African HLIs achieving significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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