THE EFFECT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE ON ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: A CASE FROM THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY IN TURKEY

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A project management office is an organizational structure and one of the main contributors to organizational learning. This thesis aims to figure out the effect of a project management office on organizational learning by analyzing the case of a Turkish defense industry company. The thesis is based on the hypothesis that project management office structure has direct and indirect effects on organizational learning. Therefore, before an in-depth literature analysis on organizational learning and project management office, available literature in the areas of learning, knowledge, knowledge management, capabilities, and project management are reviewed. The interview part is based on the literature about the functions of a project management office that directly or indirectly affects organizational learning. Based on the literature review and field observations, the interview questions are designed considering the defense industry and the company’s characteristics. To find the answer to whether a project management office affects organizational learning and how a project management office can improve organizational learning, a semi-structured interview was conducted with twenty people from two department groups: project management and project management office. According to the interview results, the project management office has functions through which organizational learning is affected. After the analysis of the qualitative findings, strategies are suggested for enhancing organizational learning through project management office structure.

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Organizational Learning, Project Management Office, Defense Industry

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/101160

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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B. Ulutaş, “THE EFFECT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE ON ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: A CASE FROM THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY IN TURKEY,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.