Sustainable project management and its governance in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Sankaran, S; Muller, R; Drouin, N

Sustainable project management and its governance in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Sankaran, S

Muller, R Drouin, N

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Publisher:: Edward Elgar
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Citation:: Research Handbook on Sustainable Project Management, 2024, 1, pp. 85-85
Issue Date:: 2024

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dc.contributor.advisor	This is a draft chapter from a book. The final version is available in Research Handbook on Sustainable Project Management Authors: Shankar Sankaran Ralf Müller Nathalie Drouin Published in 2024 by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781800885455/book-part-9781800885455-15.xml The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.
dc.contributor.author	Sankaran, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5485-6216
dc.contributor.author	Muller, R
dc.contributor.author	Drouin, N
dc.contributor.editor	Silvius, G
dc.contributor.editor	Huemann, M
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dc.date.issued	2024
dc.identifier.citation	Research Handbook on Sustainable Project Management, 2024, 1, pp. 85-85
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dc.description.abstract	Why has sustainability become a critical issue for project management? In a guest editorial of a special issue published under the title ‘Projects to create the future: Managing projects meets sustainable development’, Huemann and Silvius (2017, p. 1066) argue that ‘project management has a vital role in contributing to sustainable development of organizations and society’, thus challenging the profession to rise to the occasion. The capability of project management to support sustainable development has been gathering momentum since 2009 (Silvius et al. 2009; Gareis et al. 2013; Cerne & Jansson 2019; de Toledo et al. 2021). Unfortunately, despite the growing awareness of the role project management has to play to support sustainable development, it seems ill prepared to do so. Silvius (2017) opines that integrating sustainability appears to be a stretched goal for project management that is difficult to reach. This needs some attention; for example, with more flexible approaches to manage projects with a great deal of uncertainty that also meet an urgent need, as the world is becoming more aware of the impact of climate change.
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dc.title	Sustainable project management and its governance in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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dc.rights.holder	This is a draft chapter from a book. The final version is available in Research Handbook on Sustainable Project Management Authors: Shankar Sankaran Ralf Müller Nathalie Drouin Published in 2024 by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781800885455/book-part-9781800885455-15.xml The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.
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Why has sustainability become a critical issue for project management? In a guest editorial of a special issue published under the title ‘Projects to create the future: Managing projects meets sustainable development’, Huemann and Silvius (2017, p. 1066) argue that ‘project management has a vital role in contributing to sustainable development of organizations and society’, thus challenging the profession to rise to the occasion. The capability of project management to support sustainable development has been gathering momentum since 2009 (Silvius et al. 2009; Gareis et al. 2013; Cerne & Jansson 2019; de Toledo et al. 2021). Unfortunately, despite the growing awareness of the role project management has to play to support sustainable development, it seems ill prepared to do so. Silvius (2017) opines that integrating sustainability appears to be a stretched goal for project management that is difficult to reach. This needs some attention; for example, with more flexible approaches to manage projects with a great deal of uncertainty that also meet an urgent need, as the world is becoming more aware of the impact of climate change.

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