Organizational Diagnosis in Project-Based Companies: Challenges and Directions. (28th May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zarei, Behrouz; Chaghouee, Yahya; Ghapanchi, Fereshteh
• Is Part Of: SAGE Open. Volume 4:Number 2(2014:Apr./Jun.)
• Publication Date: 2014-05-28
• Subjects: corporate inefficiency -- corporate performance -- corporate diagnosis; Social sciences -- Periodicals; 300.5
• DOI: 10.1177/2158244014537498
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2158-2440

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to develop a new method for corporate diagnosis (CD). To this end, a method is developed for the diagnosis process of project-based companies. The article presents a case study in a large company where data have been collected through focus groups. Project delay, high project cost, and low profitability are examples of project deficiency in project-based companies. Such issues have made managers pay special attention to find effective solutions to improve them. Prominent factors are inappropriate strategy, structure, system, human resource management, and PMBOK(Project Management Body of Knowledge) processes. Thus, CD and analysis is an important task in improvement of corporate performance. The CD model that is developed in this article could be used for project-based companies. The proposed method can be used for CD in any project-based company. This article provides an emphatic application of CD as a prerequisite for restructuring in project-based companies.