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UNINA9910826511903321 |
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Titolo |
Designs, methods and practices for research of project management / / edited by Beverly Pasian ; contributors, Chivonne Algeo [and fifty five others] |
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Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Gower, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-351-98133-1 |
1-351-98134-X |
1-4094-4881-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (520 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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658.4/04072 |
658.404072 |
658.4'04072 |
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Soggetti |
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Project management - Research |
Social sciences - Research - Methodology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; Part I Foundational Issues; 1 Project Management Research: Addressing Integrative Challenges; 2 Project Management Research: Social Dimensions and Organisational Context; 3 The Paradigm as a Steering Mechanism for New Research Endeavours; 4 Finding a Way in Broceliande Forest: The Magic Domain of Project Management Research; 5 Ontology and Epistemology; 6 The Praxeology of Applied Research in Autoethnographical Research Settings: A Case Study of a Radical Learning Journey |
Part II Focusing Your Research Effort7 Research Methods and Success Meaning in Project Management; 8 The Constructive Research Approach: Problem Solving for Complex Projects; 9 Novel or Incremental Contributions: The Construction of Research Questions; 10 Moving from Hunches to a Research Topic: Salient Literature and Research Methods; 11 Moving from 'Hunches' to an Interesting |
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Research Topic: Defining the Research Topic; 12 Ethical Considerations in Project Management Research; 13 Developing a Critical Literature Review for Project Management Research |
14 Critical Engagement of Previous ResearchPart III Specific Data Collection and Analysis Techniques; 15 Interview Methods for Project Management Research; 16 Considering Case Studies in Project Management; 17 Linking Theory and Practice in Using Action-Oriented Methods; 18 Dual Cycle Action Research: A Doctor of Project Management (DPM) Research Case Study; 19 An Agile Approach to the Real Experience of Developing Research Methodology and Methods; 20 Giving Voice to the Project Management Practitioner ; 21 Enter or Not - How to Gain and Sustain Access to Research Sites |
Part IV Examples of Mixed Methods Strategies22 Mixed Methods Research in Project Management; 23 The Value of Mixed Methods; 24 Managing Research in Large Collaborative Teams; 25 Applying Mixed Methods for Researching Project Management in Engineering Projects; 26 Importance of Sequencing in Mixed Methods Research Design ; 27 An Empirical Research Method Strategy for Construction Consulting Services Projects ; Part V Unique Environments for Project Management Research; 28 A Practical Research Method: The NETLIPSE Case Study |
29 Using Multi-Case Approaches in Project Management Research: The Megaproject Experience30 Project Management Research in Post-Conflict Societies: Challenges and Complexities Identified in Kosovo; 31 Complexities of Oil and Gas Exploration in the Middle East; Part VI Writing as a Future Researcher; 32 Studying Relationships in Project Management Through Social Network Analysis; 33 Social Network Analysis Applied to Project Management; 34 The Electronic Portfolio - A Research Enabler; Part VII Benefitting from Experience: Supervisors and Publications |
35 The Voice of Experience: An Interview with Lynn Crawford |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Project management as a discipline has experienced near-exponential growth in its application across the business and not-for-profit sectors. This original, authoritative guide provides both practitioner and student researchers with a complete guide to research practice on project management. In Designs, Methods and Practices for Research of Project Management, Beverly Pasian has brought together original chapters from a veritable who's who of project management research including authors such as Harvey Maylor, Christophe Bredillet, Derek Walker, Miles Shepherd, Janice Thomas, Naomi Brookes |
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