The impact of applying project management approach to manage functions in functional organization

Abstract

Abstract

The purpose of this research paper is to investigate the effectiveness of applying a project management approach to manage the function. As the functional organization focus on improving their operations and function management, function manager can implement project management approaches to achieve a high quality of management. Interviews were conducted with managers form different entities to examine the study hypothesis that function can be managed better if a project management approach is applied. The results indicate that a functional can be managed better by implementing different project management approaches that could be used to improve the quality of management in the functional organization.   This study has also highlighted the main challenges that experienced in the functional organization’s project management, along with recommendation that can be improve the quality of management in functional organizations.