کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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276803 | 1429698 | 2012 | 12 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
The relationship between managing change, and managing projects and programmes has been a matter of recent debate. This paper will contribute to this debate by exploring two dimensions — projects as the content of change, and projects as the process of change. Projects form the process of change when the organisational changes are managed as a project, and projects form the content of change when the intent of the change process is a managing by projects form of organisation. This exploration will be conducted through a single rich case, using Pettigrew's well-established context, content, process model of organisational change. In presenting the case we will identify the paradox that the organisational change towards managing projects is not itself managed as a project, and we suggest that this paradox provides a good opportunity for stimulating novel lines of enquiry in research on project organising.
► Managing change and managing by projects presents a paradox.
► Implementing managing by projects may not be most effectively managed as a project.
► This paradox is a fertile field for the development of project management theory.
► More research is required on the limits to project management.
Journal: International Journal of Project Management - Volume 30, Issue 2, February 2012, Pages 141–152