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Alignment between project management organizational structure and manufacture strategy: a comparative analysis of multiple cases

The main goal of this paper is to establish a relation between the project management organization for a company and its manufacture strategy. Another objective is also to verify whether there is an alignment between the configuration of the organizational structure and the model of the manufacture strategy for a company. The methodological approach used was the multiple cases analysis conducted in three companies of the cosmetics, electronic, and airspace sectors. The main results point to more complex project management structures in the process along the continuum between volume and variety.

Project management; Manufacture strategy; Organizational structure; Project management office


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