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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 education in a complex context of sustainable development: Co-creating a pedagogic framework for participatory reflection and action (2017)
Book Chapter
Cicmil, S., Ecclestone, R., & Collins, K. (2018). Responsible education in a complex context of sustainable development: Co-creating a pedagogic framework for participatory reflection and action. In P. M. Flynn, T. K. Tan, & M. Gudić (Eds.), Redefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

The central premise of this chapter is to offer a conceptual framework for making sense of the sustainability agenda in an educational environment from multiple perspectives. The focus is on the complex interface between the global ecological crisis... Read More about Responsible education in a complex context of sustainable development: Co-creating a pedagogic framework for participatory reflection and action.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sediment, subversion and suffering: Can the project be resisted? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Collins, K., & Cicmil, S. (2016, January). Sediment, subversion and suffering: Can the project be resisted?. Paper presented at The 8th Making Projects Critical - An International Conference, Newcastle University Business School Newcastle, UK

In this paper, we seek to entwine a number of epistemic and practical perspectives around an activity that is increasingly the foundation of knowledge production: the funded research project. Specifically, we have chosen as our example a project comm... Read More about Sediment, subversion and suffering: Can the project be resisted?.

Existential questioning as critical performativity/critical knowing: An exploration of power, epistemic virtue and emancipation in PM's practice (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Segal, S., Cicmil, S., & Rolfe, B. (2016, January). Existential questioning as critical performativity/critical knowing: An exploration of power, epistemic virtue and emancipation in PM's practice. Paper presented at The 8th Making Projects Critical - An International Conference, Newcastle University Business School Newcastle, UK

In this paper we explore how existential hermeneutic (and philosophical questioning more broadly) might provide a deeper understanding of manifestations of epistemic violence in project-based organising and project management practice, and the possib... Read More about Existential questioning as critical performativity/critical knowing: An exploration of power, epistemic virtue and emancipation in PM's practice.

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).

Learning from the sharp end in a Business School - A back-to-nature student fieldtrip (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gaggiotti, H., Cicmil, S., Collins, K., Laurent, S., Bakare, A., Lockyer, J., & Akinbusoye, A. (2015, September). Learning from the sharp end in a Business School - A back-to-nature student fieldtrip. Presented at International Symposium: Learning from the sharp end – implications for sustainability in Higher Education, Bristol, UK

The aim of this paper/roundtable discussion is to expose and discuss our experience with an alternative pedagogic method of post-graduate (management) education: a field trip, which combines student-led, inquiry-based learning approach with a critica... Read More about Learning from the sharp end in a Business School - A back-to-nature student fieldtrip.

The found world: A learning adventure at Eden (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Collins, K., Gaggiotti, H., Cicmil, S., Laurent, S., Akinbusoye, A., Lockyer, J., & Bakare, A. (2015, September). The found world: A learning adventure at Eden. Presented at International Symposium: Learning from the sharp end – implications for sustainability in Higher Education, Bristol, UK

We wish to present a reflective account of a participatory action inquiry in which a cosmopolitan and professionally and educationally diverse group of students and staff explored, in collaboration with our hosts from the Eden Project Trust, the inno... Read More about The found world: A learning adventure at Eden.

Responsible education for sustainable development: Creating a pedagogic approach which reflects the complexity of the vision (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Cicmil, S., Collins, K., & Ecclestone, R. (2015, June). Responsible education for sustainable development: Creating a pedagogic approach which reflects the complexity of the vision. Presented at 2nd Annual Conference UK & Ireland Chapter of UN PRME “From Millennium Development, to Sustainable Development Goal- A Vision for Responsible Management Post -2015, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Utilising the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda to embed PRME in the HE curriculum: A case study of the University of the West of England (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Gough, G., Cicmil, S., & Longhurst, J. (2015, June). Utilising the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda to embed PRME in the HE curriculum: A case study of the University of the West of England. Presented at From Millennium Development to Sustainable Development Goals– A Vision for Responsible Management Post 2015. 2nd PRME Regional Chapter Meeting UK and Ireland. Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Through a case study of the University of the West of England this presentation explores the relationship between Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). The paper considers the al... Read More about Utilising the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) agenda to embed PRME in the HE curriculum: A case study of the University of the West of England.

Project Management as Management Innovation (2014)
Book Chapter
Thomas, J., George, S., & Cicmil, S. (2014). Project Management as Management Innovation. In R. Lundin, & M. Hallgren (Eds.), Advancing Research on Projects and Temporary Organisations (169-195). Stockholm: CBS Press

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 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.

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

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.

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: 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.

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

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.

Technology transfer projects in developing countries-Furthering the project management perspectives (2002)
Journal Article
Saad, M., Cicmil, S., & Greenwood, M. (2002). Technology transfer projects in developing countries-Furthering the project management perspectives. International Journal of Project Management, 20(8), 617-625. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0263-7863%2802%2900024-8

This paper attempts to broaden the analysis of the technology transfer phenomenon by refocusing research attention on the level of performance assessment of technology transfer projects. An holistic evaluation framework based on the consideration of... Read More about Technology transfer projects in developing countries-Furthering the project management perspectives.

Quality in project environments: A nonconventional agenda (2000)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S. (2000). Quality in project environments: A nonconventional agenda. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 17(4), 554-570. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656710010298599

A growing body of evidence indicates the emerging applications of projects and their role in modern businesses. The agreement over project success criteria and delivery of a quality product still remains a key managerial concern. Underlying theoretic... Read More about Quality in project environments: A nonconventional agenda.

Implementing organisational change projects: Impediments and gaps (1999)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S. (1999). Implementing organisational change projects: Impediments and gaps. Strategic Change, 8(2), 119-129. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-1697%28199903/04%298%3A2%3C119%3A%3AAID-JSC416%3E3.0.CO%3B2-1

A ‘project’ perspective on managing change is offered to embrace a focused range of gaps and behavioural issues which determine the success or failure of change programmes. The argument evolves around contemporary strategic, managerial and behavioura... Read More about Implementing organisational change projects: Impediments and gaps.

An insight into management of organisational change projects (1999)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S. (1999). An insight into management of organisational change projects. Journal of Workplace Learning, 11(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665629910250906

This article offers a “project” perspective on managing change, a view that starts by recognising the aspect of organisational change implementation, and develops to embrace a focused range of gaps and behavioural issues which determine the success o... Read More about An insight into management of organisational change projects.

The role of the marketing function in operations of a construction enterprise: Misconceptions and paradigms (1998)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S., & Nicholson, A. (1998). The role of the marketing function in operations of a construction enterprise: Misconceptions and paradigms. Management Decision, 36(2), 96-101. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251749810204179

Elaborates on specific realities of the construction environment, and of management and operations of growing construction enterprises. Presents a case study looking particularly at entrepreneurial attitudes towards the marketing function in the sect... Read More about The role of the marketing function in operations of a construction enterprise: Misconceptions and paradigms.

Implications of organizational and individual learning for effective change management in education - an exploratory study of management practices in elementary schools in England and Finland (1997)
Journal Article
Kekäle, T., Cicmil, S., & Kekale, T. (1997). Implications of organizational and individual learning for effective change management in education - an exploratory study of management practices in elementary schools in England and Finland. Journal of Workplace Learning, 9(5), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665629710169639

Presents a work-in-progress report on an exploratory study of change management in education. Aims to investigate management processes employed in a sample of schools in the times of change and an increased demand for effectiveness and higher quality... Read More about Implications of organizational and individual learning for effective change management in education - an exploratory study of management practices in elementary schools in England and Finland.

Achieving completeness through TQ principles and organizational learning (1997)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S. (1997). Achieving completeness through TQ principles and organizational learning. Learning Organization, The, 4(1), 30-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696479710156451

Presents some findings from a study of organizational behaviour and change conducted in the Leicester District Land Registry (LDLR) Office with the objective of finding out the impact of the implementation of a quality initiative on the culture of a... Read More about Achieving completeness through TQ principles and organizational learning.

Can the S-S problem-solving method help to win the World Cup? (1996)
Journal Article
ho, S. K., & Cicmil, S. (1996). Can the S-S problem-solving method help to win the World Cup?. Management Decision, 34(2), 53-58. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251749610110337

Although in practice it is commonly found that there are several antecedents relevant to a particular problem, only one specific event represents its real cause. Analysis of the potential causes and the identification of the single cause that ultimat... Read More about Can the S-S problem-solving method help to win the World Cup?.