Melecardi Zani, Carolina;
Denicol, Juliano;
Broyd, Tim;
(2024)
The Four Coordination Roles of Clients When Designing Megaproject Organizations.
Project Management Journal
10.1177/87569728241248033.
(In press).
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Abstract
Organizational design is composed of structure, the artifact, and coordination, the action. Existing organizational design literature lacks coherence, resulting in models that overlook the importance of coordination as an organizational design issue, which intensifies in megaprojects. We explore the roles of clients when designing megaproject organizations, identifying four coordination roles: (1) meta-organizer, (2) gatekeeper, (3) interface manager, and (4) mediator. These roles align with management levels (strategic, tactical, operational), corresponding to megaproject phases and organizational design development. The conceptual framework contributes to the organizational design literature by providing a systems-wide view and enriching the understanding of the multilevel coordination roles of clients.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Four Coordination Roles of Clients When Designing Megaproject Organizations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/87569728241248033 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/87569728241248033 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Keywords: | Organizational design, megaprojects, coordination, intraorganizational structures, interorganizational relationships |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194802 |
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