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A toolkit for living in a new building: A visual post occupancy evaluation of Bristol Business School (2020)
Report
Shortt, H., Cicmil, S., Warren, S., & Gaggiotti, H. (2020). A toolkit for living in a new building: A visual post occupancy evaluation of Bristol Business School. Bristol: University of the West of England

The Bristol Business School building – that houses both Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School – is situated on the University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol Frenchay campus, and has been occupied since April 2017. It is a flagship spac... Read More about A toolkit for living in a new building: A visual post occupancy evaluation of Bristol Business School.

The paradox of success and failure: Challenges in a complex, project-based world (2020)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S. (2020). The paradox of success and failure: Challenges in a complex, project-based world. Executive Insight,

Continuing our series of articles looking at some of challenges effecting businesses, Moon Executive Search talks to Svetlana Cicmil, Director of Doctoral Research in Business and Law at UWE, about the paradox of success and failure in the context of... Read More about The paradox of success and failure: Challenges in a complex, project-based world.

University-industry collaboration through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in the UK: An extension of activity theory (2019)
Journal Article
White, G. R., Abdullah, A., Cicmil, S., Allen, R., & Thomas, R. (2019). University-industry collaboration through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in the UK: An extension of activity theory. International Journal of Management, 8(4), 14-24

The mechanisms for stimulating innovation are perennial subjects of concern. Despite the recognition of their importance they remain troublesome undertakings for individual organisations and national economies. The literature has only recently begun... Read More about University-industry collaboration through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in the UK: An extension of activity theory.

The soft side of knowledge transfer partnerships between universities and small to medium enterprises: an exploratory study to understand process improvement (2019)
Journal Article
White, G., Cicmil, S., Upadhyay, A., Subramanian, N., Kumar, V., & Dwivedi, A. (2019). The soft side of knowledge transfer partnerships between universities and small to medium enterprises: an exploratory study to understand process improvement. Production Planning and Control, 30(10-12), 907-918. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1582098

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The study explores the soft side of knowledge transfer partnerships between universities and small to medium enterprises (SMEs), a topic which is often neglected in the knowledge... Read More about The soft side of knowledge transfer partnerships between universities and small to medium enterprises: an exploratory study to understand process improvement.

Responsible forms of project management education: Theoretical plurality and reflective pedagogies (2017)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S., & Gaggiotti, H. (2018). Responsible forms of project management education: Theoretical plurality and reflective pedagogies. International Journal of Project Management, 36(1), 208-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.07.005

The paper aims to revive an interest in the notion of responsible project management education (RPME) in the context of related contemporary debates about the integration of reflexivity, ethics and sustainability in the business schools’ curricula; t... Read More about Responsible forms of project management education: Theoretical plurality and reflective pedagogies.

Re-imagining business schools of the future as places of theorizing (2017)
Book Chapter
Gaggiotti, H., Simpson, P., & Cicmil, S. (2017). Re-imagining business schools of the future as places of theorizing. In M. Izak, M. Kostera, & M. Zawadzki (Eds.), The future of university education. London: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46894-5

In this chapter, we argue that one of the reasons of resisting the temptation of teaching what ‘we could do and perhaps should not do’ (Eco, 2014 [1980], 107) in university Business Schools is the emphasis on the application of theories to the exclus... Read More about Re-imagining business schools of the future as places of theorizing.

Cultural impacts in project organisations: Emerging research questions (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S. (2012, December). Cultural impacts in project organisations: Emerging research questions. Presented at Seminar 4: Cultural Impacts on Project Processes and Outputs ‐A research agenda, UCL, London

Svetlana will bring her critical perspective to an examination of culture in projects. She will highlight the importance of the relational in manifestations of project cultures through looking at issues of agency, risk and social psychology of trust.... Read More about Cultural impacts in project organisations: Emerging research questions.

Learning from project management implementation by applying a management innovation lens (2012)
Journal Article
Thomas, J. L., Cicmil, S., & George, S. (2012). Learning from project management implementation by applying a management innovation lens. Project Management Journal, 43(6), 70-87. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmj.21308

Management innovation is a complex and dynamic process of organizational change that is not well understood. Drawing from the innovation and organizational change literatures, and using project management as an example of one particular form of manag... Read More about Learning from project management implementation by applying a management innovation lens.

Learning from project management implementation journeys (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Thomas, J., Cicmil, S., & George, S. (2012, July). Learning from project management implementation journeys. Paper presented at PMI International Research and Education Conference 2012, Limerick, Ireland

Great expectations and hard times: The paradoxical experience of the engineer as project manager (2011)
Journal Article
Paton, S., Hodgson, D., Paton, P., & Cicmil, S. (2011). Great expectations and hard times: The paradoxical experience of the engineer as project manager. International Journal of Project Management, 29(4), 374-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.01.005

While tensions between technical and management functions in organisations have long been recognised, very little research examines this relationship empirically in light of the emergence of project management as an (apparently) attractive career rou... Read More about Great expectations and hard times: The paradoxical experience of the engineer as project manager.

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.

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

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.

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