Simon Cleveland

Simon Cleveland is a professor of project management Purdue University Global. Dr. Cleveland is a graduate of George Mason University with Bachelor of Science degree in Business, of the George Washington University with a Master of Science degree in Project Management, of the City University of Seattle with a Master of Arts degree in Leadership, with a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University, and with a Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Northeastern University. He is also certified as a project management professional (PMP), Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB) expert, and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) foundations expert. Dr. Cleveland is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications in journals and conferences, and is a three-time recipient of the prestigious Dr. Harold Kerzner Scholarship which is awarded by the Project Management Institute Educational Foundation. Professionally, Dr. Cleveland has worked as both technology manager, program manager and PMO Director for organizations such as MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Homeland Security, NASA, Accenture, and AOL.

Publications

Toward the Emerging Roles of the Resilient Strategic Manager
Simon Cleveland, Marisa Cleveland. © 2024. 21 pages.
The global business landscape is dynamic and in constant flux, which forces organization managers to face increasing challenges in setting long-term organizational goals and...
Program Monitoring and Evaluation of Sustainable Development Goals for Non-Profits and NGOs: Benefits, Functions, Stages, and Stakeholders
Simon Cleveland, Marisa Cleveland. © 2023. 10 pages.
Non-profits and NGOs serve communities through programs, which are often complex to execute. Board members demand accountability for the execution of such programs, and as a...
Creating the Climate for Workplace Diversity
Simon Cleveland, Marisa Cleveland. © 2023. 12 pages.
The advancement of the digital landscape has caused organizations to scrutinize their actions and practices through constant re-evaluation of its practices and this has yielded...
The Case for the Chief Strategic Transformational Officer
Simon Cleveland, Marisa Cleveland. © 2023. 9 pages.
Transformation leaders are the relationship builders and change champions in their organizations. To succeed in these roles, such leaders require reskilling and upskilling on...
Toward Understanding the Underlying Causes of Scope Creep
Simon Cleveland, Marisa Cleveland. © 2023. 9 pages.
Scope creep is an issue project managers must address across various industries. When scope creep is not addressed, the project becomes troubled or fails. Because scope creep...
Evolutionary and Ideation Concepts for Cybersecurity Education
David A Gould, Gregory Block, Simon Cleveland. © 2022. 12 pages.
Evolution is a well-established biological theory, but some basic concepts can be abstracted and applied to non-biological domains such as the education domain for the purposes...
A Framework for Selecting a Cloud-Based Project-Portfolio Management Tool to Maximize Business Value
Silvia Bianchin, Maria Conner, Georgios Moschoglou, Franklin Ortiz, Simon Cleveland. © 2022. 17 pages.
Organizations continuously need to adapt and respond to ever-present technology advancements. Proactivity is a necessity; only those organizations who can pivot when presented...
Evaluating Organizational Readiness for Project Portfolio Management Implementation
Kathleen S. Shonaiya, Simon Cleveland. © 2022. 15 pages.
This study explores how business competency, organizational culture, and leadership attributes influence organizational readiness for Project Portfolio Management (PPM)...
Exploring Project Uncertainty and Leadership Strategies: Domains, Factors, Categories, and Competencies
Simon Cleveland, George Moschoglou, E. J. Millisor, Daniel D. Hansen. © 2022. 13 pages.
Managing projects under conditions of uncertainty requires a fundamental shift in how project leaders plan and execute initiatives. They need to reimagine not just their vision...
Exploring Project Management Complexity Dimensions, Factors, and Strategies
Ahmad Jamshed Adel, Simon Cleveland. © 2021. 14 pages.
Constant changes in the internal and external environmental factors impact organizations, people, systems, and processes. This impact increases complexity in projects...
Complexity Framework for the Project Management Curriculum
Simon Cleveland, Cristelia Hinojosa. © 2021. 24 pages.
Universities' core project management courses address the key principles and best practices of project management methodologies, while elective courses are utilized to...
Implementing Project Portfolio Management at Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities
Kiran Kumar Kumar Chereddy, Simon Cleveland. © 2021. 13 pages.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities are complex entities that are heavily regulated by health authorities. Manufacturing sites are challenged by increased production costs...
Developing Leadership Cultural Agility for Civil Discourse
Marisa Cleveland, Simon Cleveland. © 2021. 10 pages.
Organizations continue to increase their presence in the global landscape, and their leaders are frequently challenged by the political, socio-economic, and cultural diversity of...
Exploring Public Relations in the Firm: Application of Postmodern Theory
Marisa Cleveland, Simon Cleveland. © 2021. 11 pages.
While postmodern theory has been explored within multiple domains, its application to the domain of public relations is somewhat scant. As a result, constructs, such as power...
Evolutionary and Ideation Concepts for Cybersecurity Education
David A Gould, Gregory Block, Simon Cleveland. © 2020. 10 pages.
Evolution is a well-established biological theory, but some basic concepts can be abstracted and applied to non-biological domains such as the education domain for the purposes...
Culturally Agile Leadership: A Relational Leadership Development Approach
Marisa Cleveland, Simon Cleveland. © 2020. 9 pages.
Leadership development programs exist to contribute to an individual's and an organization's success; however, there is a lack of studies that examine how such programs...
Toward Leadership Agility
Simon Cleveland, Marisa Cleveland. © 2020. 13 pages.
Companies are often challenged by the cultural diversity of the growing workforce. As a result, organizational leaders should develop culturally agile competencies in order to...
Knowledge Framework for Online Learning: Implications for Cybsersecurity and Programming Education
Simon Cleveland, Greg Block. © 2019. 18 pages.
While online education continues to grow, virtual instructors face certain asynchronous uncertainties when it comes to knowledge exchange with students. These challenges are...
Complexity Framework for the Project Management Curriculum
Simon Cleveland, Cristelia Hinojosa. © 2019. 21 pages.
Universities' core project management courses address the key principles and best practices of project management methodologies, while elective courses are utilized to...
Systems Usability in Developing Countries: Case of Computing Use in Guinea
Maurice Dawson, Damon Walker, Simon Cleveland. © 2019. 10 pages.
This article critically analyzes a project executed for the John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program which provides technical assistance with volunteers from the...
Ontological Analysis of An ERP Implementation Success and Education: A Critical System Thinking Approach
Patrick Offor, Simon Cleveland. © 2018. 16 pages.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations are plagued by high failure rates. Extant literature has proposed a myriad of critical success factors that contribute to...