Making Projects Critical
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 2006
376 pages
978-1-350-30474-1 (ISBN)
Description
Making Projects Critical is an edited collection contributed by a range of international scholars linking the area of project management with critical management perspectives. Challenging recent debates on inherent problems in project management, the text considers project management within a wider organizational and societal context.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic/professional/technical: Undergraduate. Academic/professional/technical: Postgraduate. Academic/professional/technical: Research and professional
ISBN-13
978-1-350-30474-1 (9781350304741)
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Damian Hodgson | Svetlana Cicmil
Making Projects Critical
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Persons
DAMIAN HODGSON is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Analysis and HRM at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK.
SVETLANA CICMIL is a Senior Lecturer in Project Management at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK, where she also acts as Research Unit Director within the School of Operations and Information Management.
SVETLANA CICMIL is a Senior Lecturer in Project Management at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK, where she also acts as Research Unit Director within the School of Operations and Information Management.
Content
Making Projects Critical: An Introduction; S.Cicmil & D.Hodgson
Are Projects Real?; S.Cicmil & D.Hodgson
From Project Ontologies to Communities of Virtue; C.Linehan & D.Kavanagh
Project Management, Organisational Change and Learning; M.Bresnen
Problematizing Project Management; J.L.Thomas
Projects and Prisons; M.Lindgren & J.Packendorff
The Contested Object: On Projects as Emergent Space; M.O.Nocker
An Actor Network Theory Perspective on IT Projects; A.Linde & H.Linderoth
Reorganisation Projects and Five Uncertainties; E.Molloy & R.Whittington
A Tale of an Evolving Project; C.Smith
Understanding Power in Project Settings; N.Marshall
The Management of Projects in the Construction Industry; S.D.Green
Managing Projects in Network Contexts; J.Sydow
Making the Future Perfect: Constructing the Olympic Dream; S.R.Clegg, T.S.Pitsis, M.Marosszeky & T.Rura-Polley
Conflicting Rhetorical Positions on Trust and Commitment; J.Sillince, C.Harvey & G.Harindranath
Sensemaking as a Process within Complex Projects; C.Ivory, N.Alderman, I.McLoughlin & R.Vaughan
Making the Management of Projects Critical; P.W.G.Morris.
Are Projects Real?; S.Cicmil & D.Hodgson
From Project Ontologies to Communities of Virtue; C.Linehan & D.Kavanagh
Project Management, Organisational Change and Learning; M.Bresnen
Problematizing Project Management; J.L.Thomas
Projects and Prisons; M.Lindgren & J.Packendorff
The Contested Object: On Projects as Emergent Space; M.O.Nocker
An Actor Network Theory Perspective on IT Projects; A.Linde & H.Linderoth
Reorganisation Projects and Five Uncertainties; E.Molloy & R.Whittington
A Tale of an Evolving Project; C.Smith
Understanding Power in Project Settings; N.Marshall
The Management of Projects in the Construction Industry; S.D.Green
Managing Projects in Network Contexts; J.Sydow
Making the Future Perfect: Constructing the Olympic Dream; S.R.Clegg, T.S.Pitsis, M.Marosszeky & T.Rura-Polley
Conflicting Rhetorical Positions on Trust and Commitment; J.Sillince, C.Harvey & G.Harindranath
Sensemaking as a Process within Complex Projects; C.Ivory, N.Alderman, I.McLoughlin & R.Vaughan
Making the Management of Projects Critical; P.W.G.Morris.
