TY - JOUR
T1 - A Process Study of Negotiating Challenges of Managing International Development Projects
AU - Zaher, Nabi
AU - Sykes, Christopher
AU - Keevers, Lynne
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the leadership, members and staff of P-Foundation for taking part in this study. We would acknowledge their contributions to the data generation and analysis.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, International Society for Third-Sector Research.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - Despite the role that non-government organisations, including community development organisations, play in social transformation, their approach to managing projects has received little attention. Employing a processual approach and participatory methodology, this paper investigates how a small, distributed, community-based organisation negotiates the challenges associated with managing its geographically dispersed development projects. It examines lessons that this organisation’s project management approach offers for managing projects at a distance in ways that encourage community ownership, partnership with project beneficiaries and their maximum participation in the process. The paper underlines the need for positioning people’s participation in development projects as a key component of development, rather than as a tool for project implementation. It concludes by advocating a blend of participation and empowerment with technical assistance for recipient communities.
AB - Despite the role that non-government organisations, including community development organisations, play in social transformation, their approach to managing projects has received little attention. Employing a processual approach and participatory methodology, this paper investigates how a small, distributed, community-based organisation negotiates the challenges associated with managing its geographically dispersed development projects. It examines lessons that this organisation’s project management approach offers for managing projects at a distance in ways that encourage community ownership, partnership with project beneficiaries and their maximum participation in the process. The paper underlines the need for positioning people’s participation in development projects as a key component of development, rather than as a tool for project implementation. It concludes by advocating a blend of participation and empowerment with technical assistance for recipient communities.
KW - Community
KW - Engagement
KW - International development
KW - Participation
KW - Project management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108818465&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11266-021-00371-5
DO - 10.1007/s11266-021-00371-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108818465
SN - 0957-8765
VL - 33
SP - 696
EP - 707
JO - Voluntas
JF - Voluntas
IS - 4
ER -