Damiebi Denni-Fiberesima Knihy

Substantial cost and schedule overrun in several high-profile, remote deepwater offshore projects have occurred globally, over the past couple of years. With this has increased exponentially the need for understanding how best to attain deepwater project portfolio management success. Deepwater project portfolios are complex and high risk with a lot of uncertainty. They present unique challenges and require capital intensity to initiate projects. This book focuses on investigation of the critical success factors required for successful deepwater development. With the use of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) tool, thirteen critical success factors were established along with project delivery schedule, project budget and portfolio management strategy as impacting on project success. It also identified that some critical success factors in mega construction projects can apply to deepwater oil and gas projects. Project management is indispensable for business results. The work is useful for deepwater oil and gas project management practitioners in the petroleum industry who will encounter issues of cost and schedule overrun, strategy and resource allocation.

This book examines the practice of strategic management, in indigenous firms and to ascertain the impact of strategic management on corporate success. A sample of forty firms drawn from cottage industries, small scale enterprises, medium scale enterprises and large scale firms were drawn from the population, using stratified sampling. The major findings of the study are that (a) only 17 percent of the firms engaged in deliberate and systematic strategic management, (b) 57 percent were disorganized in their practice of strategic management and 25 percent made no attempt whatsoever (c)The economic and the industry/competitive factors were found to be the most favorable factors for the firms (d) Strategic management was found to be positively related to corporate success. The study concluded that most Entrepreneurship firms are involved in some level of strategic management and that strategic management improves corporate success, and thus recommends that managers need to be more organized in their practice of strategic management in order to facilitate the growth and success of their firms.

Die Untersuchung fokussiert sich auf die Auswirkungen des strategischen Managements auf den Erfolg einheimischer Unternehmen. Eine Stichprobe von vierzig Unternehmen zeigt, dass nur 17 Prozent systematisch strategisches Management anwenden, während 57 Prozent unorganisiert und 25 Prozent gar nicht aktiv sind. Die Analyse hebt hervor, dass wirtschaftliche sowie Branchenfaktoren entscheidend für den Unternehmenserfolg sind. Die Ergebnisse belegen, dass ein effektives strategisches Management den Erfolg positiv beeinflusst und empfehlen eine bessere Organisation in der Praxis für nachhaltiges Wachstum.