All Outputs (78)

Who cares about project deadlines? A processual relational perspective on problems with information sharing in project environments (2009)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S., & Gaggiotti, H. (2009). Who cares about project deadlines? A processual relational perspective on problems with information sharing in project environments. International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, 3(3-4), 222-240. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJKMS.2009.028838

The paper draws on a study of a manufacturing company which delivers engineering solutions, through projects, to customers in the international oil and gas industry. It focuses on the problem of persistent project delays and failure to meet promised... Read More about Who cares about project deadlines? A processual relational perspective on problems with information sharing in project environments.

Users' perceptions of the free, virtual-only service experience (2009)
Journal Article
Yilmazsoy, B., Saad, M., & Cicmil, S. (2009). Users' perceptions of the free, virtual-only service experience. Service Industries Journal, 29(7), 1007-1019. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642060902749856

Using two stages of large-scale empirical data collection and analysis, this article presents a first attempt to develop a scale (netQ) for measuring the quality of free, virtual-only service experience. In the first stage, based on responses to an o... Read More about Users' perceptions of the free, virtual-only service experience.

Complexity and the paradox of project control (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S., Crawford, L., Cooke-Davies, T., & Richardson, K. (2009, October). Complexity and the paradox of project control. Paper presented at International Research Network on Organising by Projects IRNOP '09 Conference, Berlin, Germany

Project management behind the facade (2009)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S., Hodgson, D., Lindgren, M., & Packendorff, J. (2009). Project management behind the facade. Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization, 9(2), 78-92

Understanding the adoption of project management in Serbian organizations: Insights from an exploratory study (2009)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S., Dordevic, Z., & Zivanovic, S. (2009). Understanding the adoption of project management in Serbian organizations: Insights from an exploratory study. Project Management Journal, 40(1), 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmj.20093

Exploring the complexity of projects: Implications of complexity theory for project management practice (2009)
Book
Cicmil, S., Cooke-Davies, T., Crawford, L., & Richardson, K. (2009). Exploring the complexity of projects: Implications of complexity theory for project management practice. Project Management Institute

Exploring the Complexity of Projects: Implications of Complexity Theory for Project Management Practice explores the process and findings of the implications of the complexity theory for project management theory and practice. The golden triangle (pr... Read More about Exploring the complexity of projects: Implications of complexity theory for project management practice.

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.

Risks of innovation in management education: Introducing a critical management perspective onto a project management MBA elective (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S., & Hodgson, D. (2007, September). Risks of innovation in management education: Introducing a critical management perspective onto a project management MBA elective. Paper presented at IRNOP XII Conference (International Research Network on Projects) : Projects in Innovation, Innovation in Projects, Brighton, UK

The politics of standards in modern management: Making 'the project' a reality (2007)
Journal Article
Hodgson, D., & Cicmil, S. (2007). The politics of standards in modern management: Making 'the project' a reality. Journal of Management Studies, 44(3), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00680.x

In this paper, we explore the standardization of contemporary management knowledge, focusing in particular upon the role of 'standards' in creating and reifying 'organizational objects', with powerful consequences and with often unrecognized ethical... Read More about The politics of standards in modern management: Making 'the project' a reality.

Insights into collaboration at project level: Complexity, social interaction and individual skills (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S. (2007, February). Insights into collaboration at project level: Complexity, social interaction and individual skills. Paper presented at PM Club Regional Association of Industrial Project Management, Vaasa, Finland

We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto: Mapping the strange landscape of complexity theory, and its relationship to project management (2007)
Journal Article
Cooke-Davies, T., Cicmil, S., Crawford, L., & Richardson, K. (2007). We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto: Mapping the strange landscape of complexity theory, and its relationship to project management. Project Management Journal, 38(2), 50-61

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.

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.

Understanding knowledge and skills used in project management practice (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S., & Hodgson, D. (2006, October). Understanding knowledge and skills used in project management practice. Paper presented at XII Journées de Projectique, Conference on integration of Knowledge and Skills with Practice, Bidart, France

Rethinking project management: New directions, new practice (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S. (2006, October). Rethinking project management: New directions, new practice. Paper presented at Major Project Association Seminar, Institution of Engineering and Technology UK, Savoy Place, London, UK

Understanding project management practice through interpretative and critical research perspectives (2006)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S. (2006). Understanding project management practice through interpretative and critical research perspectives. Project Management Journal, 37(2), 27-37

Making projects critical (2006)
Book
Hodgson, D., & Cicmil, S. (2006). Making projects critical. Palgrave Macmillan

Critical research in project management: An introduction (2006)
Book Chapter
Cicmil, S., & Hodgson, D. (2006). Critical research in project management: An introduction. In D. Hodgson, & S. Cicmil (Eds.), Making Projects Critical (1-28). Palgrave Macmillan