Professional Regulatory Entanglement: the Curious Case of Project Management in Italy
Abstract
Growth in the internationalization of economic activity has favoured an increase in institutional control at a supranational level. A typical example of such institutions that wield this control is corporate professions such as Project Management (PM). Attempting to replicate the successful strategies of the collegial professions but embracing advantages presented by global markets, corporate professions is confronted by the dilemma of how to reconcile the demands of stakeholders at both national and global levels. This research investigates an international corporate profession, PM, and its development within Italy using a historical case study. Results shows an increase in the number of regulations faced by international corporate professions as they attempt to satisfy a number of different institutions (and their competing agendas) while attempting to colonize a national context. This we define as ‘professional regulatory entanglement’. It concludes that what was once a simple bargain involving two actors, the state and the profession, with a long established, commonly agreed and mutually beneficial agenda is now a much more complex system involving multiple actors and a number of competing agendas and this results in the homogenization of professional practice across the globe.
Publication date
2021-03-01Published in
Journal of Professions and Organization (JPO)Published version
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/joab001Other links
http://hdl.handle.net/2299/24021Metadata
Show full item recordRelated items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
The Paradoxes of Project Management: a Project Management Consultant’s Inquiry into the Social Reality of Technology-Driven Change Projects
Gonner, Christian (2018-08-22)This thesis is a practice-based inquiry into project management. It adds to the critique of more traditional discourse in project management literature (PMI 20013, IPMA 2010, Prince2 2009, Agile Alliance Organisation 2001) ... -
Processes of Improvisation in Change Management from the Perspective of a UK Management Consultant
Smart, Deborah Caroline (2018-07-25)Organisational improvisation is often seen as a way for corporations to be able to cope with emergent strategies (Cunha, et al, 1999) and a way to meet the challenges of modern ways of working which include agility, ... -
The Role of the Registered Nurse Managing Pro Re Nata (PRN) Medicines in the Care Home (Nursing): a Case Study of Decision-Making, Medication Management and Resident Involvement
Murray, Lorraine (2017-04-20)The aim of this study was to analyse the role of the registered nurse in the management of pro re nata (PRN) medication in a care home (nursing) for older people. Studying PRN medication provides insights into the role ...