Project management office in non-governmental organizations: anex post factostudy

Adonai Lacruz and Everton Cunha

Revista de Gestão, 2018, vol. 25, issue 2, 212-227

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of project management offices (PMO) in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in fundraising linked to projects, under the theoretical lens of the resource-based view. Design/methodology/approach - Through a longitudinal analysisex post factostudy in a non-profit civil association, the authors examined by Mann-Whitney’s U tests the results before (2003-2008) and after (2009-2014) PMO implementation, to check if the office moderated the relationship between project management and fundraising for projects. Findings - Mann-Whitney’s U tests showed that PMO had, in those periods, a statistically significant influence in increasing the number of projects and decreasing the mean value of their budgets (p-value

Keywords: Project management office; Non-governmental organizations; Resource-based view; Ex post facto study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1108/REGE-03-2018-033

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