de Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project Management

The narrative about the project management profession is dominated by discussions of ＂success＂ and ＂failure＂ along with the need to improve the competence of project managers. As a result, the community is engaged in a fruitless search for a combination of tools, techniques and practices that will result in desired outcomes for funders. While the profession has made recent attempts to incorporate environmental and social responsibility, these areas are still framed within the existing discourses of project delivery. The De Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project Management seeks to rethink project management by integrating contributions from the emerging responsible Management domain. This handbook will explore the nature and extent of project professionals’ responsibility at different levels - individual, team, organizational and societal - along with the implications for education, research and practice. The De Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project Management offers cutting-edge insights into the fi eld of project management. It is an essential reference for scholars and practitioners.

Dr. Beverly L. Pasian:
International career in the public sector with 15 years of university experience focusing on project management, research methods and (increasingly) project governance in smart cities. In-depth education with two Master degrees (education and executive business), a professional doctorate (in project management) and progress toward 2nd doctorate in business administration. Excellence in graduate education with ’A’ level (MA) and ’A+’ (EMBA). Awarded more than 1 M (USD) in scholarships, collaborative funding and publication sponsorships. Author/co-author of more than 60 publications or presentations. Chair, manager or member of multiple association and project teams responsible for research and associated professional efforts. Editor of ’Project Management Research & Practice’ (first project management journal to focus on UN Sustainable Development Goals, amongst other priorities).

Dr. Nigel Williams:
Reader, Project Management and Research Lead, Operations and Systems Management Subject Group, University of Portsmouth with the following responsibilities: academic research; peer reviewer for grant applications; design and implementation of department research roadmap; faculty research mentorship manager; unit design and delivery; postgraduate student supervision; REF panel member; Research Impact panel member; academic accreditation Lead for the Association for Project Management. Nigel is one of the founders of the ’Responsible Project Management’ website and is a co-author of the RPM manifesto. The site is at https: //www.responsiblepm.com/