THE PECULIARITIES OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS

Abstract

The paper presents investigations on the application of projects and programs on management methods to solve the problems of nature conservation. The analysis of the types of knowledge required for environmental projects implementation showed the necessity of the basic knowledge in ecology and project management. The realization of the project can be successful if this knowledge is integrated. Thus, in order to achieve long-term ecological targets the processes of project management (PM) must be developed on the basis of environmental management (EM) approaches. The integrated model PM+EM gives the opportunity both to administer the project itself and to determine the potential influences on the environment in managerial decision making processes. In order to increase the efficiency of such projects and programs management it is reasonable to use the universal methods of knowledge and knowledge areas management determined by PMI (Project Management Institute). This approach allowed to determine the peculiarities of knowledge management in environmental projects. As a result the features of different types of knowledge for environmental projects realization have been analyzed, the processes of knowledge management as specific resources of environmental projects management have been described and the extended model of knowledge management in environmental projects has been formed. Such a model gives the opportunity to create and introduce the efficient project management system for achieving strategic and operational targets of the project, to increase its success, to reduce the expenses and negative environmental impacts and to acquire new knowledge for efficient environmental project management.