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Projects as Arenas for Renewal and Learning Processes

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Editors:
  1. Rolf A. Lundin

    1. Umeå University, Sweden

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  2. Christophe Midler

    1. CRG-Ecole polytechnique, France

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Evolution of Project as Empirical Trend and Theoretical Focus

    1. Evolution of Project as Empirical Trend and Theoretical Focus

      • Rolf A. Lundin, Christophe Midler
      Pages 1-9

  3. From Empirical Category to a Conceptual Framework: Identification of Projects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Conceptualizing a Projectified Society Discussion of an Eco-Institutional Approach to a Theory on Temporary Organisations

      • Rolf A. Lundin, Anders Söderholm
      Pages 13-23

    3. The Project Concept(S): On the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Project Management

      • Mats Engwall
      Pages 25-35

    4. Learning from Renewal Projects: Content, Context and Embeddedness

      • Tomas Blomquist, Johann Packendorff
      Pages 37-46

    5. Learning about Culture Through Projects in Aid Programmes

      • John Russell-Hodge, Peter Hunnam
      Pages 47-58

  4. Learning Projects and Learning by Projects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Project Management Learning: A Contingent Approach

      • Thierry Boudès, Florence Charue-Duboc, Christophe Midler
      Pages 61-70

    3. Project Management-Benchmarking: An Instrument of Learning

      • Martina Huemann, Gernot Winkler
      Pages 71-78

    4. Innovation in Project Management Using Industry as the Laboratory

      • Francis T. Hartman
      Pages 79-88

    5. Learning Through Projects: Meeting the Implementation Challenge

      • Karen Ayas
      Pages 89-98

    6. Patterns of Success and Failure in Renewal Projects. A Study of Eight Projects for Developing a Learning Organisation

      • Barbro Anell
      Pages 99-113

    7. Managing Renewal Projects in Different Learning Cultures

      • Tomas Müllern, Katarina Östergren
      Pages 115-121

  5. Development Of Management by Projects — Transformations in Permanent Organizations and Professional Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. The Human Resource Allocation Process when Organising by Projects

      • Pernille Eskerod
      Pages 125-131

    3. Project Management and Internal Contracts

      • Michel Nakhla, Louis Georges Soler
      Pages 133-143

    4. Projects as an Arena for Innovation Images of Projects and their Implications

      • Helén Anderson, Anna Larsson
      Pages 145-156

    5. Managing Creation and Learning of New Expertise in Automobile Development Projects

      • Franck Aggeri, Armand Hatchuel
      Pages 157-167

    6. Beyond Advanced Project Management: Renewing Engineering Practices and Organisations

      • Florence Charue-Duboc, Christophe Midler
      Pages 169-177
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About this book

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 ensure action and to stress the importance of getting work done. However, there is a need to balance the stress on action so that learning capabilities are not only retained, but augmented.
Projects as Arenas for Renewal and Learning Processes provides examples of how different types of projects function from a learning or renewal perspective, taken from a wide variety of real-life environments in industrial and public organizations. This book illustrates the mistaken habit of assuming too much in the project area: for example, project notions are, in fact, culture-dependent; classical market-oriented contracting business relations do not fit with the learning dimension of projects; and long-term learning on core competencies and product development projects need to be connected. The book is also intended to represent many of the research frontiers in the project field. Enhancing learning capabilities is - or should be - of a mutual concern to researchers and managers alike.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Umeå University, Sweden

    Rolf A. Lundin

  • CRG-Ecole polytechnique, France

    Christophe Midler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Projects as Arenas for Renewal and Learning Processes

  • Editors: Rolf A. Lundin, Christophe Midler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5691-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8124-2Published: 31 July 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7605-7Published: 16 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5691-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 259

  • Topics: Management, Organization, Industrial Organization

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