Bradley Rolfe
The wisdom of conversations: Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology (EHP) for project managers
Rolfe, Bradley; Segal, Steven; Cicmil, Svetlana
Authors
Steven Segal
Asc Professor Svetlana Cicmil Svetlana.Cicmil@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Lecturer - CBAL - BAM - UBAM0001
Abstract
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd, APM and IPMA This paper introduces Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology (EHP) as an approach to reflecting on and studying the lived experience of project management practice. We argue that an EHP way of being is an effective approach for any practitioner confronted by significant existential disruptions to their practice. We develop our proposition of ‘the wisdom of conversations’ as an EHP enabled way for project managers' practical coping with otherwise potentially inhibiting existential disruptions. We understand EHP as a holistic philosophical practice which: 1. allows making the ‘lived experience’ of project management practice explicit for reflection, and 2. is available and useful to practitioners in the field. Heidegger provides the theoretical base through a language of existential categories, which are dimensions of being-in-the-world. Gendlin offers a practical method for accessing the states of being that Heidegger describes. Rorty offers promise, the ability to disclose new possibilities or ways of being-in-the-world through irony and practices of re-description.
Citation
Rolfe, B., Segal, S., & Cicmil, S. (2017). The wisdom of conversations: Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology (EHP) for project managers. International Journal of Project Management, 35(5), 739-748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.03.002
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 8, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 24, 2017 |
Publication Date | Jul 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Mar 13, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 24, 2019 |
Journal | International Journal of Project Management |
Print ISSN | 0263-7863 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 739-748 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.03.002 |
Keywords | existential, hermeneutic, Heidegger, Rorty, Gendlin, anxiety, redescription |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/884996 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.03.002 |
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