http://hdl.handle.net/10453/148700 2026-04-13T01:37:30Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/175900 Title: Teaching project management to primary school children: Exploring the perspectives of project practitioners Authors: Delle-Vergini, S; Ally, M; Eacersall, D; Dann, C; Chakraborty, S Abstract: Project management knowledge and skills are an important component of the Australian Curriculum. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority calls for the explicit teaching of project management in primary school. However, it is uncertain if teachers possess the knowledge required to provide explicit teaching of project management, and to what extent it is being taught in primary school. To support the efforts of educators, seventeen project management experts were recruited to provide their perspectives. The Delphi method was used for consensus-building and the identification of core project management hard and soft skills. The findings revealed ten hard skills and twenty soft skills, ranked in order of importance and difficulty level, that children require to successfully manage projects. This study has significance for the project management profession by including the perspectives of industry practitioners on the skills required to successfully manage projects. It also provides educators with an evidence-based perspective for the design and delivery of project management content. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/175481 Title: How can Transnational Municipal Networks foster local collaborative governance regimes for environmental management? Authors: Picavet, MEB; de Macedo, LSV; Bellezoni, RA; Puppim de Oliveira, JA Abstract: While there is abundant literature on Transnational Municipal Networks (TMNs) and collaborative governance regimes (CGRs) to respond to environmental change, few studies address TMNs as exogenous agents driving CGRs dynamics locally. TMNs have emerged as important actors in multilevel governance, providing formal structures for local governments to share best practices, access funding and influence the international policy arena on global environmental change. We argue that TMNs also have a pivotal role in the activation of CGRs and in strengthening the four dimensions of Capacity for Joint Action (CJA) identified by the literature: structural arrangements, leadership, knowledge and learning, and resources. Through the analysis of empirical evidence, based on semi-structured interviews and data sources (2014-2021), we investigate how TMNs built capacities and facilitated the emergence of a CGR in the case of waste management and composting initiative in Gangtok, India. In this case, two TMNs developed a toolkit to enable the local government to assess climate risks in the context of urbanization, poverty and vulnerability in Asia. Furthermore, at a certain point the local actors started to provide knowledge to the TMNs to be shared among other local governments and activating new CGRs, such as the case of Gangtok, which is active in sharing its knowledge in composting and climate change actions with other cities. 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/175455 Title: Teaching project management to primary school children: a scoping review Authors: Delle-Vergini, S; Eacersall, D; Dann, C; Ally, M; Chakraborty, S Abstract: Teachers have used projects in children’s education for over a century. More recently, project management knowledge and skills have become essential when students manage technological solutions from inception to presentation. This paper presents the first scoping literature review on teaching project management to primary school students. A total of 33 publications between 2000 and 2022 were analysed and presented both descriptively and thematically. While the review did not identify any empirical studies of teaching project management to primary school students, it did reveal several examples of suggested teaching approaches, project management activity, and common elements associated with project management. The review concludes with a recommendation for researchers, educators, and project management practitioners to build upon this research by exploring the effectiveness of comprehensive approaches to teaching project management to primary school students. This paper represents a significant area of research as project management is one of the most critical skills for students to achieve success in the twenty-first century. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/175375 Title: Big Data Analytics Capability and Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review Authors: Murad, MAU; Cetindamar, D; Chakraborty, S Abstract: Big data analytics capabilities (BDAC) have been considered a pivotal means of transforming business data into valuable business insights to bring a competitive advantage. This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review to demonstrate the existing empirical investigations on the impact of BDAC on sustainability. The search strategy resulted in 289 studies, of which 59 were shortlisted for review through a stringent quality rubric. The findings indicate that BDAC research is still in its early stage, and there is no consensus on a list of capabilities required to form BDAC. The study also reveals that existing BDAC investigations were mainly conducted in a developed country context, and the impact of BDAC on sustainability is largely unexplored. The main BDAC research interests are focused on firm's performance, innovation, and supply chain competitiveness. The study proposes several research gaps. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z