Barriers in achieving project value in research and development projects at universities

• Autorzy: Bezgin Oksana , Kuchta Dorota

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.29119/1641-3466.2025.215.2

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The primary aim of this article is to identify barriers to managing R&D projects conducted at universities, based on literature and case studies. Additionally, the paper aims to define the specificity of the concept of barriers in managing R&D projects conducted at universities in the context of the concepts of risks and uncertainties and to propose the fundamentals for barrier management in R&D projects conducted at universities. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review and a case study were used to define and identify barriers in managing R&D projects conducted at universities. Conceptual analysis was applied to propose a system for managing the barriers. Findings: Barriers are a concept worth analysing separately from that of risk and uncertainty, as they represent a fixed feature of R&D projects and their environment. The management of barriers is primarily future-oriented and is based on a learning process. At the same time, it can bring immediate benefits to the projects currently being implemented. This system should be embedded within a university-wide project management system. Research limitations/implications: The findings described in the paper require case studies of practical application, through which the list of barriers and the corresponding immediate and future measures can be completed. Originality/value: The targeted audience of this paper includes individuals involved in the management of R&D projects at universities, whether as project managers, project team members, university division managers, or employees of project funding institutions. The paper draws their attention to features of projects and their environment which, being of a fixed nature, present constant obstacles to achieving project success. It emphasises that steps should be taken to gradually remove these barriers.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

project value; project barrier; research project

PL

wartość projektu; bariera projektu; projekt badawczy

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: z. 215
• Strony: 23--34
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 25 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Bezgin Oksana

• Faculty of Management, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

autor

Kuchta Dorota

• Faculty of Management, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9747-0759

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).