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Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organizations
- 2014
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Project management as a field is sometimes characterised by prescriptive analysis often founded on little deep research. This book is different - drawing on some of the most interesting contributors to the field, it should be read by anyone interested in seeing projects as a social accomplishment in which people, rather than systems, have the most pertinent role.
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- Aegerter Alvarez, Juan Felipe, et al.
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Escalating commitment in the death zone : new insights from the 1996 Mount Everest disaster
- 2011
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Ingår i: International Journal of Project Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 0263-7863 .- 1873-4634. ; 29:8, s. 971-985
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The procession of people and organisations that pour resources into evidently failing causes is surprising and seemingly never-ending. This phenomenon, which is called “escalating commitment” (Staw, 1976), refers to situations in which people are incapable of turning future disasters into sound current decisions. The purpose of this paper is to use the, in project management literature (Kloppenborg and Opfer, 2002), non-traditional case of the 1996 Mt Everest disaster to explain and analyse escalating commitment determinants and processes. Not only does the paper identify and add a determinant to escalation but it also treats determinants and processes in a novel and intertwined fashion. The conceptual developments and findings suggest that escalating commitment strives on conditions that are inherent to any project, which consequently project managers should be aware of. Based on the results project failures could be better explained and understood by examining several explanatory levels simultaneously.
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- Ainamo, Antti, 1963-, et al.
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Summit fever
- 2016
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Mountain climbers call it “summit fever” when one or more individuals in a group of climbers become so enamored with the notion of reaching the summit of a mountain that they ignore less exciting issues such as how to safely descend the mountainside and live to tell one’s self and others about the experience. In this paper, we review decision-making literature on symmetric vs. asymmetric goal formation, as well as innocuous and fallacious learning. We develop a process theory of summit fever by defining that summit fever is when fallacious learning in chase of an asymmetric goal disproportionately narrows attention to a peak milestone. A halfway milestone that represents a peak experience then is prone to lead to goal conflation so that the way forward is compromised at the expense of reaching the ultimate goal. We illustrate the emerging framework by revisiting how and how summit fever led to a mountaineering accident on K2 in 2008 whereby 11 out of 26 climbers involved died. Our conclusions include implications for further research.
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- Andersson, Annika, 1961-, et al.
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Challenges in project management : Grabbing the elephant
- 2007
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Ingår i: Projects & Profits. ; 7:12, s. 33-37
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Projects and project management tend to have special meanings to the individuals involved in a specific line of research. This article reports on some topics covered in an informal Swedish network devoted to study project management. Ten topics are selected for discussion that fall into three broad categories—projects as practice, productivity in projects and education in a PM curriculum.
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- Blomquist, Tomas, et al.
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Development of Virtual Teams and Learning Communities
- 2005
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Ingår i: Recent Research Developments in Learning Technologies. - Badajos, Spain : Formatex Research Center. ; , s. 1184-1189
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Students of an Internet based course in project management worked during a 20 week period in teams of 4-6 persons. The course consisted of Swedish students living in Sweden or abroad which made it impossible for many of the teams to have any face-to-face interaction. During the course the teams were assigned to a series of discussion questions and cases. The study, based on a survey of 287 students who participated in the course, examined their experience of teamwork and showed that many of the classical team development issues also evolve in a virtual team. Furthermore, the study showed that students considered their teamwork was efficient and that being able to communicate, discuss and share experiences was essential for developing a positive learning community.
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- Blomquist, Tomas, et al.
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Development of virtual teams and learning communities
- 2006
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Ingår i: Collaborating virtually. - Punjagutta, India : Icfai University Press. - 8131403084 ; , s. 121-131
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Students of an Internet based course in project management worked during a 20 week period worked in teams of 4-6 persons. The course consisted of Swedish students living in Sweden or abroad, which made it impossible for many of the teams to have any face-to-face interaction. During the course, the teams were assigned a series of discussion questions and cases. The study, based on a survey of 287 students who participated in the course, examined their experience of teamwork and showed that many of the classical team development issues also evolve in a virtual team. Furthermore, the study showed that students considered their teamwork was efficient and that being able to communicate, discuss and share experiences was essential for developing a positive learning community.
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- Blomquist, Tomas, et al.
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Project as practice : making project research matter
- 2006
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Ingår i: Proceedings of IRNOP VII project research conference. - Beijing : China Publishing House of Electronics Industry. - 712103252X ; , s. 540-549
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Project theory is not only an immature field of research, it is insubstantial when it comes to understanding what is really going on in projects. This paper contributes to making project research matter to the academic as well as the practitioner through the theoretical development of a project-as-practice approach, aligned with an ongoing debate in social science research. We outline the framework of project-as-practice and argue that there are two major challenges to the researcher: the relevance challenge and the pattern challenge. We suggest how these challenges can be met and give some examples of earlier studies that have done so. The practice approach is not a substitute to present theorizing but rather a complement that brings substance. Finally, underlying notions of the practice approach are outlined in order to have a fruitful future development of a project-as-practice approach that makes project theory matter!
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- Blomquist, Tomas, 1963-, et al.
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Project-as-practice : in search of project management research that matters
- 2010
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Ingår i: Project Management Journal. - : SAGE Publications. - 8756-9728 .- 1938-9507. ; 41:1, s. 5-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research on projects is not only an immaturefield of research, but it is also insubstantial whenit comes to understanding what occurs in projects.This article contributes to making projectmanagement research matter to the academic aswell as to the practitioner by developing a projectas-practice approach, in alignment with theongoing debate in social science research.The article outlines a framework and argues thatthere are two major challenges to the researcherand also suggests how these challenges can bemet. Underlying notions of the practice approachare outlined to ensure a development of theproject-as-practice approach that makes projectmanagement research matter!
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