The Impact of Project Management on SME Productivity

Pollack, JB; Adler, D

The Impact of Project Management on SME Productivity

Pollack, JB

Adler, D

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Publisher:: Project Management Institute
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: PMI Research and Education Conference, 2014
Issue Date:: 2014-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pollack, JB https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8879-9408	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Adler, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	PMI	en_US
dc.date	2014-07-27	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	PMI Research and Education Conference, 2014	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-62825-064-0	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/35373
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30798
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/35374
dc.description.abstract	A fundamental assumption of project management practice and research is that using project management to achieve organizational objectives improves organizational performance. However, there is little published research that has directly questioned this assumption. The research presented in this paper addresses one aspect of organizational performance by focusing on reported changes in organizational productivity, use of project management, and use of other comparable business skills. This paper tests the hypothesis that using project management increases the productivity of small to medium enterprises. The data used to test this hypothesis comes from two longitudinal databases created by the Australian Bureau of Statistics which contain data on Australian businesses with less than 200 staff. This data was used to create models of the relationship between productivity and business skills using binary logistic regression. The models demonstrate that project management has a significant impact upon productivity.	en_US
dc.publisher	Project Management Institute	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	PMI Research and Education Conference	en_US
dc.title	The Impact of Project Management on SME Productivity	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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utslib.location.activity	Portland, Oregon	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CMOS - Centre for Management and Organisation Studies
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Abstract:

A fundamental assumption of project management practice and research is that using project management to achieve organizational objectives improves organizational performance. However, there is little published research that has directly questioned this assumption. The research presented in this paper addresses one aspect of organizational performance by focusing on reported changes in organizational productivity, use of project management, and use of other comparable business skills. This paper tests the hypothesis that using project management increases the productivity of small to medium enterprises. The data used to test this hypothesis comes from two longitudinal databases created by the Australian Bureau of Statistics which contain data on Australian businesses with less than 200 staff. This data was used to create models of the relationship between productivity and business skills using binary logistic regression. The models demonstrate that project management has a significant impact upon productivity.

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