Herman Steyn

Published: Dec 16, 2020 by International Journal of Project Management
Authors: Taryn Jane Bond-Barnard, Herman Steyn, Inger Fabris-Rotelli
Subjects: Business, Management and Accounting

Call centres are increasingly being utilised in public sector programmes to facilitate and manage communication between numerous stakeholders. Yet, the impact of call centres on projects has not been investigated. This paper reports on a survey with 92 respondents that assessed the impact of a call centre for a repair and maintenance programme.

Published: Dec 16, 2020 by International Journal of Project Management
Authors: Herman Steyn
Subjects: Business, Management and Accounting

Applications of TOC (Theory of Constraints) to Project Management.

Published: Dec 16, 2020 by SAIIE NeXXXt
Authors: Suzaan Pretorius, Taryn Jane Bond-Barnard, Herman Steyn, Tanita Cronjé

With the current trend towards empowered teams, hierarchical company structures are increasingly being replaced by team-based ones. As a result, a shift in the classic understanding of leadership is needed and research on leadership in project management is increasing.

Published: Aug 16, 2020 by South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
Authors: B Tshuma, H Steyn, CC van Waveren

A conceptual model for the role of a project management office (PMO) in improving the usability of knowledge that is transferred between projects is proposed, and a method to investigate the role of PMOs in knowledge transfer is validated. The case of a PMO in a multinational engineering company was selected

Published: May 16, 2019 by South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
Authors: TS Kagogo, H Steyn

This article examines the relationship between the readiness of scope descriptions and the success of projects in the Namibian mining industry. A survey was conducted on ten projects in seven Namibian mining companies. The Project Definition Readiness Index (PDRI) tool was used...

Published: Nov 16, 2018 by South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
Authors: Suzaan Pretorius, Herman Steyn, Taryn Jane Bond-Barnard

Traditionally, leadership has been seen as a vertical relationship (top-down influence). For a number of decades, this vertical leadership model has been the principal one in the leadership field; but lately, shared and balanced leadership have gained importance, especially in the project management literature.

Published: Nov 16, 2018 by South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
Authors: W Louw, J Wium, H Steyn, W Gevers

Attributes of project sponsors on megaprojects and their effect on project success

Published: Aug 16, 2018 by South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
Authors: B Tshuma, H Steyn, C Van Waveren

Knowledge transfer across projects is thus an important and decisive competitive factor. However, project teams typically focus on short-term project goals, and often fail to regard capturing and transferring project knowledge between projects as important for the long-term benefit of the organisation. This theoretical study argues that Project Management Offices (PMOs) play an important role by supporting and facilitating the flow of knowledge between projects

Published: May 08, 2018 by International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
Authors: Taryn Jane Bond-Barnard, Lizelle Fletcher, Herman Steyn
Subjects: Business, Management and Accounting

The purpose of this paper is to emphasise the importance of high levels of trust and collaboration for increasing the likelihood of project management (PM) success. However, the link between these three constructs remains unclear.

Published: Dec 16, 2017 by South African Journal of Industrial Engineering
Authors: Liezl Bell, Cornelis C Van Waveren, Herman Steyn

This paper examines mechanisms to use lessons learned on individual projects within an organization. A Delphi study highlighted the organization's responsibility for incorporating knowledge from projects into a project management methodology. Knowledge from a project should be transferred through a centralized knowledge management function