Table of contents
Editorial: About the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
Derek H.T. WalkerThe purpose of this paper is to outline the philosophy of the journal and present a summary of its content and how the various papers link to the journal's philosophy.
Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management: Theory and models
Derek H.T. Walker, Svetlana Cicmil, Janice Thomas, Frank Anbari, Christophe BredilletThe purpose of this paper is to provide of a review of the theory and models underlying project management (PM) research degrees that encourage reflective learning.
Conceptions of learning and managing the flow of knowledge in the project‐based environment
Andrew J. SenseThe purpose of this paper is to examine how people can conceive learning and knowledge management processes within project teams and provides conceptual guidance on the most…
Project strategy: strategy types and their contents in innovation projects
Karlos Artto, Miia Martinsuo, Perttu Dietrich, Jaakko KujalaPrevious literature on project strategy has adopted the narrow view that a project is to be conducted under the governance of a single strong sponsor or parent organization. The…
Leading dynamically complex projects
Steven Cavaleri, Fred ReedThe paper seeks to establish a critical role for leaders in guiding projects to higher levels of effectiveness. This role centers on using the thinking capacities associated with…
Subcontractors' business relationships as risk sources in project networks
Karlos Artto, Kirsi Eloranta, Jaakko KujalaThis paper seeks to address the risks for a main contractor firm's project business that arise from subcontractors' inter‐organizational relationships in complex‐ and…
Project management: a case study of a successful ERP implementation
Fergal Carton, Frederic Adam, David SammonThe success rate of enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations is not high in view of the sums invested by organisations in these applications. It has often been indicated…
Project relationship management and the Stakeholder Circle™
Lynda Bourne, Derek H.T. WalkerThe aim of this paper is to summarise a successfully completed doctoral thesis. The main purpose of the paper is to provide a summary that indicates the scope of, and main issues…
Comprehensive framework for estimating the deployment cost of integrated business transformation projects
Young Hoon Kwak, Rudy J. Watson, Frank T. AnbariThis paper is a summary of a successfully defended doctoral dissertation. The purpose of this paper is to place this research in context to emerging areas of project management…
The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies
Damian Hodgson, Svetlana CicmilThe purpose of this research note is to articulate the limitations that project management (PM) currently faces by outlining the PM literature's frequent neglect of political…
ISSN:
1753-8378Online date, start – end:
2008Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Nathalie Drouin