Project Management as a Tool for Fostering Cooperation Between Municipalities in Slovenia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4335/13.3.321-350(2015)Keywords:
municipality development, new public management, project management, municipality, cooperation, joint municipal projectsAbstract
Among the answers to the new challenges of contemporary environment, cooperation between those who implement development in public administration at state, local and regional levels is increasingly highlighted. Surprisingly, the role of cooperation in developing projects and the maturity of public administrations’ project management organizations for accelerating the development of municipalities have not been researched until now. This study confirms that project cooperation between Slovenian municipalities promotes the municipalities’ orientation for achieving development through projects, and their management awareness of the importance of fundamental managerial functions and other project management concepts and techniques for the successful achievement of development goals.
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Kerzner, H. R. (2013) Project management: A systems approach to planning, scheduling and controlling (11th Edition) (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.).
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Kwon, S. W. & Feiock, R. C. (2010) Overcoming the Barriers to Cooperation: Intergovernmental Service Agreements, Public Administration Review, 70(6), pp. 876-884, doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02219.x.
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McKevitt, M. & Lawton, A. (1994) Public sector management: theory, critique and practice (London: Sage Publication Lds.).
Mixon Jr., F. G.& Trevino, L. J. (2010) The modern economic theory of bureaucracy as a precursor to new public management, Humanomics, 24(4), pp. 249-258, doi: 10.1108/08288661011090857.
Močnik, D. & Širec, K. (2010) The determinants of internet use controlling for income level: cross-country empirical evidence, Informations Economics and Policy, 22(3), pp. 243-256, doi: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2010.01.002.
Morris, P. W. G., Pinto, J. K. & Söderlund, J. (2012) The Oxford Handbook of Project Management (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
OGC – Office of Government Commerce (2009) Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 2009 Edition Manual (London: Office of Government Commerce).
Oh, Y., Lee, I. W. & Bush, C. B. (2014) The Role of Dynamic Social Capital on Economic Development Partnerships Within and Across Communities, Economic Development Quarterly, 28(3), pp. 230-243, doi: 10.1177/0891242414535247.
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Prebilič, V. & Bačilja, I. (2013) Dynamics od Administrative Capacity in Slovenian Municipal Administrations, Lex Localis -Journal of Local Self-Government, 11(3), pp. 545-564, doi:10.4335/10.2.153-170(2012).
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Schedler, K. & Proeller, I. (2011) New Public Management (Stuttgart: Haupt Bern).
Standish Group (2013) Chaos Manifesto 2013 (Boston: Standish Group Inc.).
Tiebout, C. (1956) A pure theory of local public goods, Journal of Political Economy, 64, pp. 416-424, doi: 10.1086/257839.
Turner, J. R., Huemann, M. & Keegan, A. E. (2007) Human resource management in the project-oriented organization (Newtown Square: Project Management Institute).
Vrečko, I. (2011) Obvladovanje strateških kriz z uporabo projektnega menedžmenta kot celovit invencijsko-inovacijski proces: doktorska disertacija (Maribor: Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta).
Weinstein, J. & Jaques, T. (2013) The Government Mananger's Guide to Project Managment (Virginia: Management Concepts Press).
Wernham, B. (2012) Agile Project Management (London: Maitland&Strong).
World Economic Forum (2011) The Future of Government: Lessons Learned from around the World (Geneva: World Economic Forum).
Zarzycka, E. & Michalak, M. (2013) Measuring the Performance of Local Government Entities and Analysis of their Managers' and Personnel's Information Needs in the Context of New Public Management, Comparative Economic Research, 16(2), pp. 123-147, doi: 10.2478/cer-2013-0015.
Zhu, X. & Jiao, Q. (2012) »New Public Management« in China at the Local Level: Competition-Driven Local Public Servic Reform in Tianjin, Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government, 10(2), pp. 153-170, doi:10.4335/10.2.153-170(2012).
Žurga, G. (2013) Projektni menedžment za podporo učinkovitega doseganja razvojnih ciljev državne informatike. In: Informatika v javni upravi 2013: hitreje, bolje, ceneje; proceedings of 5th Informatics in Public Administration (Ljubljana: Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia).
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