The recent epidemic of information systems (ISs) programme failures worldwide suggests that the effective management of programmes to cope with uncertainty and achieve mission in the medium term remains a key challenge. ...

Communities-of-practice (CoPs) have received significant attention within a variety of literatures but we remain largely ignorant of the potential of purposefully-created CoPs in global organisations. In this context, the ...

Projects are inherently uncertain and face unexpected events, from small changes in scope to unforeseen client's bankruptcy. This paper studies how project managers respond to such events and how successful and unsuccessful ...