Project Governance
Implementing Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations

Authors: Dr. Patrick S. Renz



Do you know where your investments go? How effective and accountable are the resources used in the international development? How can intercultural frictions, governance scandals, or corruption be prevented?

Based on a case study the author unveils a gap in the governance of development projects, a gap between implementation and governance, ultimately hindering effective, transparent and accountable usage of resources.

Illustrated with entertaining examples the author, himself a senior manager in development and business, develops a Project Governance model. Overcoming shortcomings of the theories of corporate governance and business ethics, of best practices in development and project management, the Project Governance Model is a concrete model for practitioners and academics. Its six modules build an integrated, strategically oriented and ethically reflected platform for a more truthful and efficient cooperation in difficult projects or programs such as in development.

Table of contents

Front Matter
Pages I-XVI

Objectives and approach
Pages 1-20

Is there a need for project governance?
Pages 21-48

The roles of governance in development projects
Pages 49-62

The Project Governance Model
Pages 63-218

Conclusions
Pages 219-223

Back Matter
Pages 225-260