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I am currently doing my thesis on project management and focusing on political instability with relation to the performance of the projects... I really need guidance...searched but couldn't find any

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I am confused whether to work on political instability or organizational politics? Which one will be more suitable? Please help... Also if someone has done research before then plz contact me...
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
I would think political instability would be a more interesting and less researched topic than organizational politics. The latter is frequently referenced in mainstream and research journals.

Both are a potential source of risk (threat OR opportunity) to projects, so what specific aspect of either of these are you thinking of researching?

Kiron
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Sep 13, 2017 5:00 AM
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Sir actually I am from a developing Asian country so as far as I know political instability has a major role in delaying our projects, acting more like a threat...I want to check the overall significant impact it has on the performance/success of the projects...My supervisor has suggested that I should go for a comparison by involving other factor and then compare them both investigating which factor has more impact on the projects... I am thinking of including economic instability and then comparing both political and economic factor but I see no research article done on this side...I need a base, a reference for my work...
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Deepa Kalangi Manager, Program Management, Author, Trainer| CVS Health Charlotte, NC, United States
Politics is a topic that is always experienced in the workplace. Instead of research, I am sure many PM's will have experience dealing with it at workplace. If you are interested, there is a section on the new version of PMBOK6 about Politics, Power in the organization.
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Sep 13, 2017 5:02 AM
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And what you think about political instability? It's a major issue but couldn't find any reference for that...Really worried...
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Anonymous
Sep 12, 2017 2:57 PM
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I would think political instability would be a more interesting and less researched topic than organizational politics. The latter is frequently referenced in mainstream and research journals.

Both are a potential source of risk (threat OR opportunity) to projects, so what specific aspect of either of these are you thinking of researching?

Kiron
Sir actually I am from a developing Asian country so as far as I know political instability has a major role in delaying our projects, acting more like a threat...I want to check the overall significant impact it has on the performance/success of the projects...My supervisor has suggested that I should go for a comparison by involving other factor and then compare them both investigating which factor has more impact on the projects... I am thinking of including economic instability and then comparing both political and economic factor but I see no research article done on this side...I need a base, a reference for my work...
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Anonymous
Sep 12, 2017 6:02 PM
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Politics is a topic that is always experienced in the workplace. Instead of research, I am sure many PM's will have experience dealing with it at workplace. If you are interested, there is a section on the new version of PMBOK6 about Politics, Power in the organization.
And what you think about political instability? It's a major issue but couldn't find any reference for that...Really worried...
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Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
Have you considered reaching out to Project Management Institute (www.pmi.org)?

Many of the articles in the Project Management Journal issues deal with political stability, or lack thereof.

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