RPM Discourse

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 PM Sustainability
Community of Interest
International Social
Frameworks and Institutions
Social/
Agreements
Economic Media
Justice
NGOs Project
Teams Education
(Knowledge,
Lobby Values,
groups/ Beliefs, Training
Think Norms) Providers/
Tanks Consultants

Professional
National Associations
Government Industry
Policy Associations

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 Sustainability Discourse

• 3 Stances (Hugé, Waas, Dahdouh-

Guebas, Koedam, and Block, 2013)
• Sustainability as Integration
• Sustainability as Limit
• Sustainability as Transformation

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 Framing influences on PM
Sustainability Knowledge
Social
Institutions
Social/ International Media
Economic Frameworks and
Justice Agreements Content
NGOs Algorithms

Project Content Academia

Business Teams Algorithms
Lobby
groups Laws, Training
Regulations, Standards Providers/
Guidelines and Consultants
Guidelines
National
Government
Industry Professional
Policy
Associations Associations

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 RPM RESEARCH GAP 1

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 Process
• Scoping review of existing management research to
identify areas that can extend PM knowledge
• Categorization scheme adopted from PM sustainability
definitions (Silvius and van den Brink, 2014; Tinoco, Sato
and Hasan, Rumy 2016).
• Abstracts from Business and Management journal
articles published in the last 5 years indexed in Scopus
• Topic Modelling and categorisation of abstracts
• https://www.coursera.org/lecture/text-mining-
analytics/6-1-description-of-topic-modeling-5Qn0W
• Comparison of themes identified to PM definitions to
identify possible gaps
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 Identification of Gap
between
• Categorisation scheme for PM papers from Silvius, and
van den Brink, 2014 “Taking responsibility: the
integration of sustainability and project management”.
Advances in Project Management: Narrated Journeys in
Unchartered Territory, p.137.
• Topic modelling of abstracts of sustainability articles
published in Business and Management journals
• Compare themes from PM Sustainability to Topic model
output to identify possible gaps.

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 Sustainability in Project
Management
Themes/Categories
Align social, environmental and economic interests to create positive
1 outcomes.

Identify and address short-term and long-term consequences of firms,

2 organisations, and government and stakeholders’ actions.

Understand local and global orientation to enable coordination of

3 stakeholders’ behaviours at the micro (local), meso (national) and
macro (international) levels.
4 Preserve natural capital: economic, social and environmental capital.

Accept responsibility for the effect of policies, decisions and on

5 environment and society

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 Sustainability Themes in
Management Research (Results of
Topic Model)
Topic 00 Sustainability issues examined in the context of Developing
Countries Topic 20 Energy and Waste Minimization
Topic 01 Minimize Environmental Degradation Topic 21 Metrics

Topic 02 Sustainable Business Models Topic 22 Impact of sustainability on interorganizational relationships

Topic 03 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Topic 23 Green Supply Chain Management Research Synthesis

Topic 04 Establishing and coordinating Green/ Sustainable Supply Chains Topic 24 Establishment of interorganizational networks and associations for sustainability

Topic 05 Economic Modelling of impact of sustainable issues Topic 25 Sustainability Information Systems

Topic 06 Community Event Impact. Social and Environmental impact of

Festivals and special events held in a region/community Topic 26 Economic Growth from sustainability

Topic 07 Financial impact of Sustainability strategies Topic 27 Sustainability in the Health industry
Topic 08 Sustainability in Projects Topic 28 Economic Value Added measurement approaches
Topic 09 Environmental impact of Transportation Topic 29 Impact of sustainability on Urban Governance

Topic 10 Decision Making processes around sustainability issues Topic 30 Climate Change Readiness by organizations

Topic 11 Talent Management for sustainability Topic 31 Customer relationship management and sustainability

Topic 12 Environmental and Social impact of Tourism Topic 32 Product and Process Innovations to create sustainable products

Topic 13 Management of stakeholders involved in sustainability Topic 33 Social Businesses

Topic 14 Implementing Green Supply Chain Management Topic 34 Sustainability in the Public Sector

Topic 15 Tensions and Conflicts in organizations about sustainability Topic 35 Drivers and Barriers to implementing sustainability
Topic 16 Social impact of Digital Communications Topic 36 Knowledge Management and sustainability
Topic 17 Compliance Reporting for sustainability Topic 37 Responsible Management Education
Topic 18 Competititve advantage Topic 38 Process Improvement for sustainability

Topic 19 Future Scenarios for sustainability in organisations Topic 39 Sustainability in Real Estate

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Project
Sustainability
Domain Coverage in Management Journals
Social,
environmental and Topic 10 Topic 33
economic interests. Decision Topic 32 Social
Making Innovation Business Topic 28 Economic Value Added

Short-term and long- Topic 07

term consequences Financial
Sustainability Topic 05 Economic Modelling

Local and global Topic 30 Topic 25

orientation Topic 04 Climate Sustainability Topic 24 Topic 22
Topic 31 Green Supply Change Information Sustainability Relationship
CSR Chain Readiness Systems Networks s
Topic 01
Minimise Topic 20 Topic 06
Preserve natural
Environment Energy and Topic 09 Community
capital
al Waste Transport Event Topic 11 Talent
Degradation Minimization Impact Impact Management

Organisations are Topic 13 Topic 17

open Stakeholder Compliance Topic 21
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 Gaps in PM Sustainability
Coverage, Possible knowledge
areas in Red
Topic 00 Sustainability in Developing Countries
Topic 02 Sustainable Business Models
Topic 14 Implementing Green Supply Chain Management
Topic 15 Tensions and Conflicts
Topic 16 Digital Communications
Topic 19 Future Scenarios
Topic 26 Economic Growth
Topic 27 Health
Topic 34 Public Sector
Topic 35 Drivers and Barriers
Topic 36 Knowledge Management
Topic 37 Management Education
Topic 38 Process Improvement
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Topic 39 Real Estate
 RPM RESEARCH GAP 2:
ETHICS RESEARCH

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 Process
• Scoping review of existing management research to
identify areas that can extend PM knowledge
• Categorization scheme adopted from PM sustainability
definitions (Silvius and van den Brink, 2014; Tinoco, Sato
and Hasan, Rumy 2016).
• Abstracts from Business and Management journal
articles published in the last 5 years indexed in Scopus
• Topic Modelling and categorisation of abstracts
• https://www.coursera.org/lecture/text-mining-
analytics/6-1-description-of-topic-modeling-5Qn0W
• Comparison of themes identified to PM ethics
definition to identify possible gaps
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 PM Ethics and
Sustainability
PM: Sustainability is also about personal
values and ethics. Sustainable
development is inevitably a normative
concept, reflecting values and ethical
considerations of a society.

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 Ethics Themes in
Management Research
from Topic Model
Topic 01 Implementing and forecasting the effects of
emerging technology Topic 13 Measures and metrics

Topic 02 EthicalPromotion: Marketing and branding

issues Topic 14 Impact on employee task performance

Topic 03 Challenge of measuring impact of ethics on

businesses Topic 15 stakeholder management
Topic 04 Socially respnsible investing Topic 16 Leadership styles
Topic 05 Banking sector ethics Topic 17 Public Sector
Topic 06 Ethical financial reporting and governance Topic 18 Virtue in Management
Topic 07 Environmental impact Topic 19 Corporate Reputation
Topic 08 management research Topic 20 Teaching and Learning
Topic 09 Crisis management Topic 21 Policy and Legal Frameworks
Topic 10 National culture and ethics Topic 22 Research methods
Topic 11 Ethical Suply chains Topic 23 Talent Management and Human Capital

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 Possible Areas to explore
in Red
Topic 01 Implementing and forecasting the effects of
emerging technology Topic 13 Measures and metrics

Topic 02Ethical Promotion: Marketing and branding

issues Topic 14 Impact on employee task performance

Topic 03 Challenge of measuring impact of ethics on

businesses Topic 15 stakeholder management
Topic 04 Socially respnsible investing Topic 16 Leadership styles
Topic 05 Banking sector ethics Topic 17 Public Sector
Topic 06 Ethical financial reporting and governance Topic 18 Virtue in Management
Topic 07 Environmental impact Topic 19 Corporate Reputation
Topic 08 management research Topic 20 Teaching and Learning
Topic 09 Crisis management Topic 21 Policy and Legal Frameworks
Topic 10 National culture and ethics Topic 22 Research methods
Topic 11 Ethical Suply chains Topic 23 Talent Management and Human Capital

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 GAP 3: SUSTAINABILITY
COMPETENCIES

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 PM Sustainability
Competencies
Competency
Systems thinking : the ability to
understand the causes and
interconnections of complex
(sustainability) problems.
Anticipatory competences refer to the
capacity to think systematically about
the future and future generations.
Normative competence refers to the
understanding of concepts of justice,
equity, social-ecological integrity, and
ethics. And to the understanding how
these concepts may vary across and
within cultures
Strategic competences refer to the
ability to collaboratively design and
implement interventions and
governance strategies with the
sophistication necessary to address
sustainability challenges.
Interpersonal competences refer to the
capacity to motivate and facilitate
sustainability research and problem-
solving.
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Elements
• How causes and effects relate to each other directly and indirectly.
• The actions, needs, motives, intentions, and mandates of key players
• The role technology plays in the constellation.
• Dynamics, cascading effects, feedback loops, and inertia occur in the constellation.
• The ability to discern which time scales are relevant to a problem and its possible solutions.
• Familiarity with different theories of how the future emerges.
• Understanding of possible futures (based on notions of plausibility), probable futures (those
determined “likely” to occur), and desirable futures (value-laden; based on sustainability principles)
• Understanding of methods like scenario construction, forecasting from statistical or simulation
models, and sustainability visioning.
• Being able to collaborate with stakeholders to specify, negotiate, and apply sustainability values,
principles, objectives, and goals.
• Being able to assess the (un-) sustainability of current and future states of social-ecological systems,
and to create and craft sustainability visions for these systems
• Familiarity with concepts and methods for strategy building in real-world situations.
• Ability to understand intentionality, systemic inertia, path dependencies, barriers, carriers, and
alliances. Being able to understand the viability, feasibility, efficiency, and efficacy of systemic
interventions, and the potential of those interventions to produce unintended consequences.
• Being able to use methods for designing, testing, implementing, evaluating, and adapting policies,
programs, and action plans in collaboration with different societal actors.
• Being able to accommodate varying perspectives and act despite inconclusive or incomplete
evidence.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Expertise in participatory methods for collaborating with stakeholders.
• Being able to work in teams, and understand, embrace, and facilitate diversity among cultures and
social groups.
 Project Competency
Research
Author Year Competencies
Management of inter-project Business / strategic thinking
Hashim & Interpersonal / intrapersonal
2009 processes
Chileshe
Interdependency management
Managing emotions Influencing others
Fisher 2011 Cultural awareness
Building trust
Personal Characteristic Knowledge Competence
Omran,
Self reflection Organizational Context
Bazeabez, 2012
Seeks out and is comfortable with Identify project environment
Gebril, & Wah
change Aptitude to uncertainty & context
Trivellas, & Creativity Values
2013
Drimoussis Results orientation Ethics
Negotiation Public speaking
Hwang, & Ng 2013
Human behaviour Public relation buildings
Service orientation Teamwork and collaboration
Zhang, Zuo, Empathy Conflict management
2013
Zillante Organisational awareness Influence
Inspirational leadership Change catalyst

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 Project Competency
Research
Author Year Competencies
Ability to bridge diverse teams Seeking consensus
Conflict management Persistence
Keil, Lee, &
2013 Sense of humour Cooperation
Deng
Patience Attention to detail
Ability to handle stress
Ramazani, Developing both interpersonal and Critical thinking
Jalal technical skills Multidisciplinary
2015 Dealing with complexity Collaborative skills
Jergeas,
George Adaptability
Brière, Leadership,
Sophie Adaptability, Ethics,
Proulx, Denis Set of Knowledge (General, Local Network And Knowledge,
Flores, Olga 2015 International Development, Capacity Building,
Navaro Intercultural), Change Management
Laporte,
Mélissa

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 Project Competency
Research
Author Year Competencies
Project Management Knowledge Areas, Ability to Deal with Ambiguity and
Leadership Skills, Change,
Loufrani-
Business Environment, Emotional Intelligence,
Fedida & 2015
Ability to Communicate at Multiple Levels, Conflict Management,
Missonier
Verbal Skills, Written Skills, Stress Management,
Attitude Ethics and Ethical Virtues
Leadership Trust
Transparent Cooperate and share
Mesly 2015
Fair Commitment
Team oriented
Skill to work in international contexts Capacity to identify and resolve
Arroyo-
Respect for the diversity and multiculturalism problems
Cañada,
2016 Capacity to motivate and drive to goals Capacity for communication in a
Argila-
Interpersonal skills second language
Irurita
Capacity for teamwork

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Research
Author Year Competencies
Negotiation and crisis
resolution
Omar, &
2016 Ethics
Fayek
Cultural competence
Initiative
Experience in managing projects Management skills
Ability to use appropriate project
management methodology
Competence in the area in which
Dziekoński 2017 project is implemented
Ability to use project management
software
Ability to manage the scope, time
and cost of the project

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 Sustainability PM Competencies in
Existing Research. Possible gap in red
Competency Coverage in PM Research
Systems thinking Interdependency management (Hashim & Chileshe, 2011)
competences Local network knowledge (Brière, Proulx, Flores, Olga
Laporte, 2015)

Anticipatory
competences
Normative Ethics and Values (Trivellas & Drimoussis, 2013)
competence
Strategic Ambiguity (Loufrani-Fedida & Missonier, 2015)
competences Uncertainty management (Omran, Gebril & Wah, 2012)
Adaptability (Ramazani & Jergeas, 2015)

Interpersonal Influencing others (Fisher 2011)

competences Negotiation (Hwang & Ng, 2013)
Empathy, Change catalyst (Zhang, Jian ,Zillante, 2013)
Conflict management (Keil, Lee, & Deng, 2013)
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Respect for diversity (Arroyo-Cañada, Argila-Irurita, 2016)
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COMPETENCIES AND JOB
ADVERTISEMENTS
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 PM Sustainability
Competencies
Competency
Systems thinking : the ability to
understand the causes and
interconnections of complex
(sustainability) problems.
Anticipatory competences refer to the
capacity to think systematically about
the future and future generations.
Normative competence refers to the
understanding of concepts of justice,
equity, social-ecological integrity, and
ethics. And to the understanding how
these concepts may vary across and
within cultures
Strategic competences refer to the
ability to collaboratively design and
implement interventions and
governance strategies with the
sophistication necessary to address
sustainability challenges.
Interpersonal competences refer to the
capacity to motivate and facilitate
sustainability research and problem-
solving.
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Elements
• How causes and effects relate to each other directly and indirectly.
• The actions, needs, motives, intentions, and mandates of key players
• The role technology plays in the constellation.
• Dynamics, cascading effects, feedback loops, and inertia occur in the constellation.
• The ability to discern which time scales are relevant to a problem and its possible solutions.
• Familiarity with different theories of how the future emerges.
• Understanding of possible futures (based on notions of plausibility), probable futures (those
determined “likely” to occur), and desirable futures (value-laden; based on sustainability principles)
• Understanding of methods like scenario construction, forecasting from statistical or simulation
models, and sustainability visioning.
• Being able to collaborate with stakeholders to specify, negotiate, and apply sustainability values,
principles, objectives, and goals.
• Being able to assess the (un-) sustainability of current and future states of social-ecological systems,
and to create and craft sustainability visions for these systems
• Familiarity with concepts and methods for strategy building in real-world situations.
• Ability to understand intentionality, systemic inertia, path dependencies, barriers, carriers, and
alliances. Being able to understand the viability, feasibility, efficiency, and efficacy of systemic
interventions, and the potential of those interventions to produce unintended consequences.
• Being able to use methods for designing, testing, implementing, evaluating, and adapting policies,
programs, and action plans in collaboration with different societal actors.
• Being able to accommodate varying perspectives and act despite inconclusive or incomplete
evidence.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Expertise in participatory methods for collaborating with stakeholders.
• Being able to work in teams, and understand, embrace, and facilitate diversity among cultures and
social groups.
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Anticipatory competences

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Strategic competences Transformation, change, global

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 Resources
• Brière, S., Proulx, D., Flores, O. N., &Laporte, M. (2015). Competencies of project managers in international NGOs:
Perceptions of practitioners. International Journal of Project Management, 33(1), 116–125
• Hashim, N.I. and Chileshe, N., 2011. Exploration of project managers competencies for managing multiple project
environments (MMPE) within Australian organisations(Doctoral dissertation, Event Corporation Pty Limited).
• Hugé, J., Waas, T., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Koedam, N. and Block, T., 2013. A discourse-analytical perspective on
sustainability assessment: interpreting sustainable development in practice. Sustainability science, 8(2), pp.187-198.
• Hwang, B.-G., & Ng, W. J. (2013). Project management knowledge and skills for green construction: Overcoming challenges.
International Journal of Project Management, 31(2), 272–284.
• Fisher, E., 2011. What practitioners consider to be the skills and behaviours of an effective people project
manager. International journal of project management, 29(8), pp.994-1002.
• Keil, M., Lee, H. K., & Deng, T. (2013). Understanding the most critical skills for managing IT projects: A Delphi study of IT
project managers. Information and Management, 50(7), 398–414.
• Loufrani-Fedida, S. and Missonier, S., 2015. The project manager cannot be a hero anymore! Understanding critical
competencies in project-based organizations from a multilevel approach. International Journal of Project Management, 33(6),
pp.1220-1235.
• Omran, A., Bazeabez, A., Gebril, A.O. and Wah, W.S., 2012. Developing Competency Model For The Project Manager In
The Libyan Construction Industry. The International Journal of Economic Behavior-IJEB, 2(1), pp.27-36.
• Ramazani, J., &Jergeas, G. (2015). Project managers and the journey from good to great: The benefits of investment in
project management training and education. International Journal of Project Management, 33(1), 41–52.
• Silvius, A.J. and Schipper, R.P., 2014. Sustainability in project management: A literature review and impact analysis. Social
Business, 4(1), pp.63-96.
• Tinoco, Rocio Alvarez, Sato, Carlos Eduardo Yamasak and Hasan, Rumy (2016) Responsible project management: beyond
the triple constraints. Journal of Modern Project Management, 4 (1) pp. 81-93
• Trivellas, P. and Drimoussis, C., 2013. Investigating leadership styles, behavioural and managerial competency profiles of
successful project managers in Greece. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 73, pp.692-700.

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