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Insights into responsible education for sustainable development: The case of UWE, Bristol (2017)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S., Gough, G., & Hills, S. (2017). Insights into responsible education for sustainable development: The case of UWE, Bristol. International Journal of Management Education, 15(2), 293-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2017.03.002

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd In this paper, we argue that it is opportune to revisit profound questions about the purpose, nature and value of higher education in society at a juncture where the context of higher education has been significantly influenced by... Read More about Insights into responsible education for sustainable development: The case of UWE, Bristol.

The wisdom of conversations: Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology (EHP) for project managers (2017)
Journal Article
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

© 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 ap... Read More about The wisdom of conversations: Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology (EHP) for project managers.

An existential hermeneutic philosophical approach to project management (2016)
Journal Article
Rolfe, B., Segal, S., & Cicmil, S. (2016). An existential hermeneutic philosophical approach to project management. Project Management Journal, 47(3), 48-62

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 projec... Read More about An existential hermeneutic philosophical approach to project management.

The project (management) discourse and its consequences: On vulnerability and unsustainability in project-based work (2016)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S., Lindgren, M., & Packendorff, J. (2016). The project (management) discourse and its consequences: On vulnerability and unsustainability in project-based work. New Technology, Work and Employment, 31(1), 58-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12058

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. In this paper, we examine how the discourses related to project-based work and management are drawn upon in the organising of contemporary work, and the implications they have for project workers. We are interested in... Read More about The project (management) discourse and its consequences: On vulnerability and unsustainability in project-based work.

Knowledge acquisition through process mapping: Factors affecting the performance of work-based activity (2016)
Journal Article
White, G. R., & Cicmil, S. (2016). Knowledge acquisition through process mapping: Factors affecting the performance of work-based activity. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 65(3), 302-323. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-01-2014-0007

© 2016, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – Business improvement initiatives have benefit for both an organisation’s operational effectiveness and its knowledge acquisition capabilities. These have a synergistic effect upon the ability to gai... Read More about Knowledge acquisition through process mapping: Factors affecting the performance of work-based activity.

Making projects critical 15 years on: a retrospective reflection (2001-2016) (2016)
Journal Article
Hodgson, D., & Cicmil, S. (2016). Making projects critical 15 years on: a retrospective reflection (2001-2016). International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 9(4), 744-751. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-10-2015-0105

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the formation and evolution of the “Making Projects Critical” movement in project management research. Design/methodology/approach: Retrospective and discursi... Read More about Making projects critical 15 years on: a retrospective reflection (2001-2016).

Who am I and what am I doing here?: Becoming and being a project manager (2010)
Journal Article
Paton, S., Hodgson, D., & Cicmil, S. (2010). Who am I and what am I doing here?: Becoming and being a project manager. Journal of Management Development, 29(2), 157-166. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621711011019297

Purpose: This paper aims to empirically explore the nature of tensions that emerge within the process of becoming a manager in the post-bureaucratic organisation, by focusing on the emergence of project management as a key carrier of post-bureaucracy... Read More about Who am I and what am I doing here?: Becoming and being a project manager.

Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management: Examples and applications (2008)
Journal Article
Söderlund, J., Walker, D. H., Cicmil, S., Thomas, J., Anbari, F. T., & Bredillet, C. (2008). Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management: Examples and applications. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 1(2), 168-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538370810866313

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a cost-benefit interpretation of academic-practitioner research by describing and analysing several recent relevant examples of academic-practitioner research with a focus on doctoral theses carried o... Read More about Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management: Examples and applications.

The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies (2008)
Journal Article
Hodgson, D., & Cicmil, S. (2008). The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 1(1), 142-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538370810846487

© 2008, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this research note is to articulate the limitations that project management (PM) currently faces by outlining the PM literature’s frequent neglect of political, social and ethical d... Read More about The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies.

The importance of 'process' in Rethinking Project Management: The story of a UK Government-funded research network (2006)
Journal Article
Winter, M., Smith, C., Cooke-Davies, T., & Cicmil, S. (2006). The importance of 'process' in Rethinking Project Management: The story of a UK Government-funded research network. International Journal of Project Management, 24(8), 650-662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.08.008

This paper tells the story of a UK Government-funded research network called Rethinking Project Management, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council between 2004 and 2006. The story is significant because of the considerable a... Read More about The importance of 'process' in Rethinking Project Management: The story of a UK Government-funded research network.

Directions for future research in project management: The main findings of a UK government-funded research network (2006)
Journal Article
Winter, M., Smith, C., Morris, P., & Cicmil, S. (2006). Directions for future research in project management: The main findings of a UK government-funded research network. International Journal of Project Management, 24(8), 638-649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.08.009

In 2003 the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) agreed to fund a research network - Rethinking Project Management - to define a research agenda aimed at enriching and extending the subject of project management beyond its... Read More about Directions for future research in project management: The main findings of a UK government-funded research network.

Rethinking Project Management: Researching the actuality of projects (2006)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S., Williams, T., Thomas, J., & Hodgson, D. (2006). Rethinking Project Management: Researching the actuality of projects. International Journal of Project Management, 24(8), 675-686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.08.006

This paper puts forth the somewhat controversial position that what is needed to improve project management in practice is not more research on what should be done or the frequency and/or use of traditional project management practices. We argue that... Read More about Rethinking Project Management: Researching the actuality of projects.

Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms (2005)
Journal Article
Marshall, D., Cicmil, S., & Marshall, D. (2005). Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms. Building Research and Information, 33(6), 523-535. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210500288886

Drawing upon relevant concepts in organizational social theory (becoming ontology and processual view of complexity), and adopting an interpretative approach to studying organizational phenomena, this paper aims to make a contribution to the understa... Read More about Insights into collaboration at the project level: Complexity, social interaction and procurement mechanisms.