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The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing (2016)
Journal Article
O’Laocha, E., Cicmil, S., & O'Laocha, E. (2016). The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 9(3), 546-561. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-09-2015-0092

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between project-based organizing and the initiatives labelled as “development” by critically engaging with some unchallenged assumptions in... Read More about The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing.

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).