Designs, methods and practices for research of project management / / edited by Beverly Pasian ; contributors, Chivonne Algeo [and fifty five others]

• Pubblicazione: Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Gower, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (520 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/04072; 658.404072; 658.4'04072
• Soggetto topico: Project management - Research; Social sciences - Research - Methodology
• Persona (resp. second.): PasianBeverly; AlgeoChivonne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Designs, methods and practices for research of project management
• ISBN: 1-351-98133-1; 1-351-98134-X; 1-4094-4881-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826511903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II