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This Handbook presents and discusses leading ideas in the management of projects. Positioning project management as a domain much broader and more strategic than simply 'execution management', this Handbook draws on the insights of over 40 scholars to chart the development of the subject over the last 50 years or more as an area of increasing practical and academic interest. It suggests we could be entering an emerging 'third wave' of analysis and interpretation following its early technical and operational beginnings and the subsequent shift to a focus on projects and their management. Topics dealt with include: the historical evolution of the subject; its theoretical base; professionalism; business and societal context; strategy; organization; governance; innovation; overruns; risk; information management; procurement; relationships and trust; knowledge management; practice and teams. This handbook is of particular relevance to those interested in the research issues underlying project management.

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Author:   Peter W. G. Morris (, Professor and Head of the School of Construction and Project Management, University College London) ,  Jeffrey K. Pinto (, Andrew Morrow and Elizabeth Lee Black Chair in Management of Technology and Professor of Management, Penn State University) ,  Jonas Söderlund (, Professor, BI Norwegian School of Management)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.161kg
ISBN:  

9780199563142

ISBN 10:   0199563144
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   10 February 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Peter W.G. Morris, Jeffrey Pinto, and Jonas Söderlund: Introduction: Towards the Third Wave of Project Management Part I: History and Foundations 1: Peter W.G. Morris: A Brief History of Project Management 2: Jonas Söderlund: Theoretical Foundations of Project Management: Suggestions for a Pluralistic Understanding 3: Rodney Turner, Jeffrey Pinto and Christophe Bredillet: The Evolution of Project Management Research: the Evidence from the Journals 4: Damian Hodgson and Daniel Muzio: Prospects for Professionalism in Project Management Part II: Industry and Context 5: Karlos Artto, Andrew Davies, Jaakko Kujala, Andrea Prencipe: The Project Business: Analytical Framework and Research Opportunities 6: Mike Bresnen and Nick Marshall: Projects and Partnerships: Institutional Processes and Emergent Practices 7: Gernot Grabher and Oliver Ibert: Project Ecologies: A Contextual View on Temporary Organizations Part III: Strategy and Decision-Making 8: Jonas Söderlund and Fredrik Tell: The P-form Corporation: Contingencies, Characteristics, and Challenges 9: Christoph Loch and Stylianos Kavadias: Implementing Strategy through Projects 10: Sergio Pellegrinelli, David Partington and Joana G. Geraldi: Program Management: an Emerging Opportunity for Research and Scholarship 11: Tim Brady and Mike Hobday: Projects and Innovation: Innovation and Projects Part IV: Governance and Control 12: Ralf Müller: Project Governance 13: Bent Flyvbjerg: Over Budget, Over Time, Over and Over Again: Managing Major Projects 14: Graham M. Winch and Eunice Maytorena: Managing Risk and Uncertainty on Projects: a Cognitive Approach 15: Jennifer Whyte and Raymond Levitt: Information Management and the Management of Projects Part V: Contracting and Relationships 16: Bernard Cova and Robert Salle: Shaping Projects, Building Networks 17: Stewart Clegg, Kjersti Bjørkeng, Tyrone Pitsis: Innovating the Practice of Normative Control in Project Management Contractual Relations 18: Nuno Gil, Hedley Smyth And Jeffrey Pinto: Trust in Relational Contracting and as a Critical Organizational Attribute Part VI: Organizing And Learning 19: Lars Lindkvist: Knowledge Integration in Product Development Projects: a Contingency Framework 20: Martin Hoegl, Miriam Muethel, and Hans Georg Gemuenden: Leadership and Teamwork in Dispersed Projects 21: Markus Hällgren and Anders Söderholm: Projects-As-Practice: New Approach, New Insights

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Peter W.G. Morris is Professor and Head of the School of Construction and Project Management at University College London (UCL). He is the author of over 110 papers and several books on the management of projects. A previous Chairman of the Association for Project Management, he was awarded the Project Management Institute's 2005 Research Achievement Award, IPMA's 2009 Research Award, and APM's 2008 Sir Monty Finniston Life-Time Achievement Award. Jeffrey K. Pinto holds the Andrew Morrow and Elizabeth Lee Black Chair in the Management of Technology at Penn State University. He is the author or editor of 23 books and over 120 scientific papers. Dr. Pinto is a two-time recipient of the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Project Management Institute (1997, 2001) for outstanding service to the project management profession. He received PMI's Research Achievement Award in 2009. Jonas Söderlund is Professor at BI Norwegian School of Management and responsible for its executive education within the area of project management. He is a founding member of the KITE Research Group (Knowledge Integration and Innovation in Transnational Enterprise) based at Linköping University. He has researched and published widely on the management and organization of projects and project-based firms and the evolution of project competence.

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