An existential hermeneutic philosophical approach to project management

Rolfe, Bradley; Segal, Steven; Cicmil, Svetlana

Abstract

The philosophies of Martin Heidegger and Richard Rorty are used to redescribe the fundamental assumptions underpinning project management. Rather than viewing project management as merely a science, the significance and value of philosophy for project management are developed. The philosophical practice of redescription as a way of responding to existential disruptions of the lived experience of managing projects is seen as vital not only to being a project manager but to describing project management.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 20, 2016
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Aug 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 1, 2018
• Journal: Project Management Journal
• Print ISSN: 8756-9728
• Electronic ISSN: 1938-9507
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 48-62
• Keywords: existential, hermeneutic, disruption, redescription, Heidegger, Rorty
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/911209
• Publisher URL: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/existential-hermeneutic-philosophical-approach-project-management-10137
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [Rolfe, B., Segal, S. and Cicmil, S. (2016) An existential hermeneutic philosophical approach to project management. Project Management Journal, 47 (3). pp. 48-62. ISSN 8756-9728], which has been published in final form at https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/existential-hermeneutic-philosophical-approach-project-management-10137. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
• Contract Date: Aug 9, 2016