Making projects critical / edited by Damian Hodgson and Svetlana Cicmil.
| Other author | Hodgson, Damian E. |
| Other author | Cicmil, Svetlana. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. |
| Description | xii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Management, work and organisations Management, work and organisations. ^A489717 |
| Contents | Making projects critical : an introduction / Svetlana Cicmil and Damian Hodgson -- Are projects real? The PMBOK and the legitimation of project management knowledge / Damian Hodgson and Svetlana Cicmil -- From project ontologies to communities of virtue / Carol Linehan and Donncha Kavanaugh -- Conflicting and conflated discourses? Project management, organisational change and learning / Mike Bresnen -- Problematising project management / Janice Thomas -- Projects and prisons / Monica Lindgren and Johann Packendorff -- The contested object : on projects as emergent space / Manuela Nocker -- An actor network theory perspective on IT projects / Anneli Linde and Henrik C.J. Linderoth -- Reorganisation projects and five uncertainties / Eamonn Molloy and Richard Whittington -- A tale of an evolving project : failed science or serial reinterpretation? / Charles Smith -- Understanding power in project settings / Nick Marshall -- The management of projects in the construction industry : context, discourse and self-identity / Stuart Green -- Managing projects in network contexts : a structuration perspective / Jörg Sydow -- Making the future perfect : constructing the Olympic dream / Stewart R. Clegg ... [et al.] -- Conflicting rhetorical positions on trust and commitment : talk-as-action in IT project failure / John Sillince, Charles Harvey and G. Harindranath -- Sense-making as a process within complex projects / Chris Ivory ... [et al.] -- Afterword : making the management of projects critical / Peter Morris. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2005056131 |
| ISBN | 1403940851 (paper) |
| ISBN | 9781403940858 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD69.P75 M355 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |