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- Jacobsson, Mattias, 1976-, et al.
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The Role of Transition in Temporary Organizations: Linking Temporary to the Permanent
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In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business/Emerald. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1753-8378 .- 1753-8386. ; 6:3, s. 576-586
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose – This research note puts the role of transition back in the center of the temporary organization and lends to understanding the temporary organization as a transitory unit within the permanent organization. The purpose is to reactivate theory development within this field of research and promote a dialog that will point to a possible way forward.Design/methodology/approach – An intra-organizational perspective is taken. Backgrounds of the two theories are covered and then the temporary organization as a transitory unit, and the role of transition are addressed. One basic transformation is made in the theory of the temporary organization and then the model superposed on the behavioral theory of the firm.Findings – In total, four things were achieved. First, the conceptualization of temporary organization was simplified – five variables have been reduced to four in eliminating “action” as an element of description. Second, the conceptualization was extended to include constructs of the permanent organization. Third, the theory was strengthened by providing an extended framework that potentially could be examined to check observations against theory. Finally, some directions were suggested for future theory development to take.Research limitations/implications – The research note is conceptual, so applicability depends upon the nature of the particular organization to which it is applied.Originality/value – Although the paper is conceptual, the authors believe that the approach can be used to understand the interrelatedness of the temporary and permanent organization and to promote a dialog within this field of research – a dialog that hopefully will reactivate theory development.
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The Scandinavian Turn of Project Research : Reflections on History and Future Directions
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- In retrospect it appears that there was a turn in project research during the late 1980’s and beginning of the 1990’s. The subsequent movement—centered on applying organization theory approaches to projects—is now coming of age. In this paper we focus on the ‘coming of age’ notion by describing trajectories for the ‘Scandinavian School of Project Management’—where it comes from, how it has developed over time, and ultimately reflecting on the question if the movement still exists. In doing so, we juxtapose the emergent ideas with a more structured research programme that came out of the UK around 2006. The main questions addressed concern a) on what these two streams of research have been founded, b) how they have evolved, and c) their influence. Our purpose is to describe and analyze important parts of the contemporary development of project research and to outline potential and plausible directions for the future. The results, which are partly based on a survey distributed to 27 active and well-renowned project researchers around the world, shows that there are signs that the once novel notion of the Scandinavian school has now developed to become normal science in the Kuhn (1970) sense of the expression. Taking on a Kuhnian perspective of the development we sketch two different but parallel types of directions for the future. The first type is to be described as ‘research as usual’, consisting of refinements in line with previous studies along the lines of current practices. The second type is based on how scientific revolutions, potentially also triggered by developments in other scientific areas, might develop to foster new and future directions—a development here tentatively called, a ‘Neo-Scandinavian School of Project Research’.
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- Steurer, Hanna, et al.
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Characterization of Mild and Moderate Dysarthria in Parkinson's Disease : Behavioral Measures and Neural Correlates
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In: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. - : Frontiers Media S.A.. - 1663-4365. ; 14
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- PurposeAlterations in speech and voice are among the most common symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD), often resulting in motor speech disorders such as hypokinetic dysarthria. We investigated dysarthria, verbal fluency, executive functions, and global cognitive function in relation to structural and resting-state brain changes in people with PD. MethodsParticipants with mild-moderate PD (n = 83) were recruited within a randomized controlled trial and divided into groups with varying degrees of dysarthria: no dysarthria (noDPD), mild dysarthria (mildDPD), moderate dysarthria (modDPD), and also combined mildDPD and modDPD into one group (totDPD). Voice sound level and dysphonia, verbal fluency, motor symptoms, executive functions, disease severity, global cognition, and neuroimaging were compared between groups. Gray matter volume and intensity of spontaneous brain activity were analyzed. Additionally, regressions between behavioral and neuroimaging data were performed. ResultsThe groups differed significantly in mean voice sound level, dysphonia, and motor symptom severity. Comparing different severity levels of dysarthria to noDPD, groups differed focally in resting-state activity, but not in brain structure. In totDPD, lower scores on semantic verbal fluency, a composite score of executive functions, and global cognition correlated with lower superior temporal gyrus volume. ConclusionThis study shows that severity of dysarthria may be related to underlying structural and resting-state brain alterations in PD as well as behavioral changes. Further, the superior temporal gyrus may play an important role in executive functions, language, and global cognition in people with PD and dysarthria.
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