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Hadjistephanou, P (2007) The Olympic Games: a demonstration of the positive and negative side of project management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Keele University.

Ozturk, A (2010) Management of trans-boundary mega-projects in the post-cold war Eurasia: The case studies of GAP water and Baku-Ceyhan pipeline projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Keele University.

  • Type: Thesis
  • Keywords: commercial; disputes; export; government; performance; pipeline; case studies; case study; Iraq; Syria; Turkey
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  • URL: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.530769
  • Abstract:
    This study is an endeavour to contribute to both the project management discipline and to the development agenda of post-Cold War Eurasia. It addresses a frequently observed question in project management discipline: why do projects usually have unexpected outcomes, seldom reach original targets in cost and schedule, or fail as a whole? It aims to provide verifiable answers to these recurring problems, and contribute to the literature on project management in an international context. As such, it focuses on geopolitical factors that affect the choice and the performance of trans-boundary projects. The study first provides a brief and informative analysis on projects in general, and on common management problems in their design and implementation. I point out the tendency in the literature to overlook the vulnerability of trans-boundary projects to political and other human disputes in which several actors such as states, international institutions, commercial entities, local communities and Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) may take part. Thereafter, the study examines the situation in post-Cold War Eurasia by investigating two trans-boundary mega-projects. One of the case studies provides an analysis of the Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline Project (BTCP) that has been carried out in a geopolitical environment beset with domestic and international political disputes and with commercial rivalries. This project environment has produced a politicised trans-boundary project rather than a commercial one. The analysis of the entire process behind selecting BTCP as the main export pipeline for Azeri oil suggests the project is not efficient from an economic viewpoint. The other case study (the South-Eastern Anatolian Project – GAP) investigates Turkey’s mega project experience in the well-known trans-boundary water basin of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. The GAP Project has been a fiery issue between Turkey, Syria and Iraq. This case study suggests that a tarnishing and ominous international political environment and other external obstacles have so far had a noticeable negative impact on the performance of the project.