Title: Brief analysis of the discovery of America as a success case for the project stakeholder management

Authors: Guillermo Montero; Adolfo Lopez-Paredes; Javier Pajares; Luis Onieva

Addresses: Dpto. de Organización Industrial y Gestión de Empresas II, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Av. Descubrimientos s/n, Sevilla 41092, Spain ' Dpto. de Organización de Empresas y CIM, Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales, Universidad de Valladolid, Paseo del Cauce S/N, Valladolid 47011, Spain ' Dpto. de Organización de Empresas y CIM, Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales, Universidad de Valladolid, Paseo del Cauce S/N, Valladolid 47011, Spain ' Dpto. de Organización Industrial y Gestión de Empresas II, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Av. Descubrimientos s/n, Sevilla 41092, Spain

Abstract: The Discovery of America marks the point between the medieval times and the modern age, and it can be considered as a good case study for the project stakeholder management. Although the Stakeholder Theory appeared in the 1980s in the Management, it took a relevant function in the project management in the last years. The different roles played by the main actors allowed the project to be successfully consummated in terms of the stakeholders' view. This paper considers its applications within an example and identifies the main stakeholders in the project.

Keywords: stakeholder management; project management; PMBOK; Columbus; discovery of America.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEME.2015.069900

International Journal of Engineering Management and Economics, 2015 Vol.5 No.1/2, pp.104 - 113

Received: 13 Sep 2014
Accepted: 18 Dec 2014
Published online: 15 Jun 2015 *

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