Projects as Arenas for Renewal and Learning Processes
There is a growing tendency to organize various aspects of business life by projects, and to set up temporary organizations in a competition where speed and adaptability becomes a major necessity. Organizing by projects is perceived as a good way to ensur
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PROJECTS AS ARENAS FOR RENEWAL AND LEARNING PROCESSES
edited by
Rolf A. Lundin Umeä University and
Christophe Midler CRG-Ecole polytechnique
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSMESS MEDIA, L L C
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ISBN 978-1-4613-7605-7 ISBN 978-1-4615-5691-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-5691-6
Copyright © 1998 bySpringer Science+Business Media New York OriginaIly published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1998 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover Ist edition 1998 AII rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Springer Science+Business Media., LLC. Printed on acid-free paper.
CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CHAPTER 1 EVOLUTION OF PROJECT AS EMPIRICAL TREND AND THEORETICAL FOCUS Rolf A. Lundin, UmeA School of Business and Economics, UmeA, Sweden Christophe Midler, CRG-Ecole polytechnique, Paris, France
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SECTION I FROM EMPIRICAL CATEGORY TO A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: 11 IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECTS CHAPTER 2 CONCEPTUALIZING A PROJECTIFIED SOCIETY - DISCUSSION OF AN ECO-INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO A THEORY ON TEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS Rolf A. Lundin and Anders SMerholm UmeA School of Business and Economics, UmeA, Sweden
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CHAPTER 3 mE PROJECT CONCEPT(S): ON THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS IN THE STUDY OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT Mats Engwall, Industrial Economics & Management, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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CHAPTER 4 LEARNING FROM RENEWAL PROJECTS: CONTENT, CONTEXT AND EMBEDDEDNESS Tomas Blomquist and Johann Packendorff, UmeA School of Business and Economics, UmeA, Sweden
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CHAPTER 5 LEARNING ABOUT CULTURE THROUGH PROJECTS IN AID PROGRAMMES 47 John Russell-Hodge, Synergy International Limited, Wellington, New Zealand Peter Hunnam, World Wide Fund for Nature, Suva, Fiji Islands SECTION II LEARNING PROJECTS AND LEARNING BY PROJECTS
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CHAPTER 6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEARNING: A CONTINGENT APPROACH Thierry Boudes, Florence Charue-Duboc and Christophe Midler CRG-Ecole polytechnique, Paris, France
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CHAPTER 7 PROJECT MANAGEMENT-BENCHMARKING: AN INSTRUMENT OF LEARNING Martina Huemann and Gernot Winkler University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria CHAPTER 8 INNOVATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT: USING INDUSTRY AS THE LABORATORY Francis T. Hartman, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada CHAPTER 9 LEARNING THROUGH PROJECTS: MEETING THE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGE Karen Ayas, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands CHAPTER 10 PATTERNS OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN RENEWAL PROJECTS A STUDY OF EIGHT PROJECTS FOR DEVELOPING A LEARNING ORGANISATION Barbro Anell, Umea School of Business and Economics, Umea, Sweden
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CHAPTER 11 MANAGING RENEWAL PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT LEARNING CULTURES 115 Tomas Mtillern, It>nk5ping International Business School, J5n
