IRNOP - The International Research Network on Organizing by Projects

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April 2008	Special issue of the ephemera: theory & politics in organization on Critical Project Studies Manuscript submission deadline 30 April 2008. Guest editors: Svetlana Cicmil, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK Damian Hodgson, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK Monica Lindgren, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Johann Packendorff, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. For more information and the full call, please refer to the pdf document found here.

Books of interest (by author last name):
(The information about each book is in most cases taken from the publisher's website)

APM (2005) Project Risk Analysis and Management Guide – second edition, APM Publishing.

Risk is present in all project work, whatever the nature of the project, or the environment in which it is undertaken. The Project Risk Analysis and Management Guide second edition, focuses on the issues that affect the project manager. It focuses on project specific issues and addresses how the risk management process at project level connects to corporate or programme level risk management. ISBN: 1-903494-12-5 (paperback)

Blomquist, T. and Müller, R. (2006) Middle Managers in Program and Portfolio Management, Project Management Institute.

The increasing “projectization” of organizations has led to a greater reliance on program and project portfolio management, and middle managers are playing a central role in the management of multiple simultaneous projects. Experienced project managers understand the value of defining project roles and responsibilities, but what are middle managers’ roles and responsibilities in program and project portfolio management? What are the best practices of successful companies today?
ISBN: 1930699573

Davies, A. and Hobday, M. (2005) The Business of Projects: Managing Innovation in Complex Products and
Systems, Cambridge univ press

The Business of Projects breaks new ground by showing how leading businesses create and implement projects to drive strategy and innovation. Projects are used to coordinate activities with customers and suppliers and ensure that organisations become more dynamic and adaptable. The book extends the resource-based view of the firm to focus on the business lessons learned from the design and production of high-value complex products and systems (CoPS), which have always been project-based. As well as new frameworks and management tools, it provides case studies of high-technology industries - such as telecommunications, flight simulation and medical devices - to show how projects are used to achieve strategic objectives, perform systems integration, organise productive activities, manage software, achieve organisational learning and deliver solutions for customers. This book is essential reading for project professionals, academics, students, engineers, managers and policy makers seeking a strategic, innovative perspective on projects.
ISBN: 0521843286

Flyvbjerg, B. Bruzelius, N. Rothengatter, W. (2003) Megaprojects and risk, Cambridge univ press

Promoters of multi-billion dollar land-use development megaprojects systematically misinform parliaments, the public and the media in order to get them approved and built. This book not only explores these issues, but suggests practical solutions drawing on theory and scientific evidence from the several hundred projects in twenty nations and five continents. It is of interest to students, scholars, planners, economists, auditors, politicians and concerned citizens. ISBN: 0521804205 (hardback), 0521009464 (paperback)

Making Projects Critical is an edited collection contributed by a range of international scholars linking the area of project management with critical management perspectives. Recent debates have suggested that the problems inherent in project management in practice (cost overruns, delays etc.) reside in the prescriptive, functionalist and quantitative tradition inherited by project management from the narrow perspective of operations management. Making Projects Critical widens the scope of project management by considering project management within a wider organizational and societal context. ISBN: 1403940851 (paperback)

The book presents a portfolio of concepts, methods, models, and tools supported by real life case studies from various corners of the globe providing insights into the management of knowledge in the construction industry. Untangling the hype from the reality, practical means of implementing knowledge management in the construction industry through various mechanisms and tools are demonstrated. For the practitioner, it provides practical insights and experiences from real life cases, for the researcher and academic, it provides current and state-of-the-art undertakings in this emerging area for the construction industry. ISBN: 1-59140-360-X (hard cover), 1-59140-361-8 (paperback)

Love, P., Fong, P. and Irani, Z. (eds.) (2005) Management of Knowledge in Project Environments, Butterworth-Heinemann

* Demonstrates how the management of knowledge can lead to success in project outcomes
* Highlights the importance of inter- and intra- organizational learning
* Incorporates international case studies to demonstrate how knowledge can be effectively managed
ISBN: 0-7506-6251-4 (Hardback)

Projects abound in contemporary society. Projects are found in organizations, industries, and inter-organizational settings with long traditions of project work, as well as in areas were more bureaucratic and seemingly permanent and routinized organizations used to dominate. ISBN: 91-47-06403-X (paperback)

Drawing on new research this book offers an entirely fresh perspective on how to cultivate learning within a project environment. It provides a framework to facilitate project practitioners' systematic reflection on their learning activities and to assist them in building a project learning practice. It also identifies new points of interest for researchers to further investigate the learning phenomenon in projects. This book weaves together diverse theories and empirical data in a way that should appeal to a wide academic and practitioner audience, and challenges all readers to consider intra-project learning as primarily a social activity which requires their deliberate commitment, understanding and attention. ISBN: 0230006914 (Hardback)

In Choosing Appropriate Project Managers, the authors set out to challenge two commonly held – and related – views found in the project management community: • That a project manager is simply a facilitator for the project management process and that implementing the right systems and procedures are more important than any individual project manager • That once an individual has acquired the skills of project management, that individual can manage any type of project, regardless of technology, industry or experience-level The two beliefs represent different sides of the same coin – both of which downplay the value of the personal characteristics and domain expertise that differentiate individual project managers from one another. ISBN: 1933890207 (paperback)

Innovative and novel, this new book extends its coverage of the topic well beyond the conventional themes of project solicitation and proposal evaluation. Using extensive experience gathered over five years of teaching postgraduate courses, Walker and Rowlinson build on Procurement Systems: A Guide to Best Practice in Construction to present a comprehensive and coherent volume that is invaluable to the wider project management community.

Cross-disciplinary in approach, coverage includes general historical issues and practical discussions of different types of projects and their procurement needs. It provides and discusses cutting-edge research and thought leadership. ISBN: 041541606X (paperback)

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