Project Management Culture

Abstract

The chapter outlines the importance and influence of organizational culture on contemporary project management in the context of variable and complex environment. The main objective of the study is to show what shapes the culture of project management and how it influences the effectiveness of managing projects in circumstances of the contemporary environment. Individual chapters disclose the essence and importance of organizational culture; besides, attention is brought to factors that form the culture of project management with a specific emphasis on social factors, which play the key role. Based on the results of research carried out in Polish companies, the last part of the chapter presents the influence of organizational culture and forming it factors on effectiveness of project management. It also displays the most important aspects of project management culture that influence the effectiveness of project management in realities of today's environment.