Are interpretive and critical research methods useful for research in project management?

Sankaran, S; Tay, BH

Are interpretive and critical research methods useful for research in project management?

Sankaran, S

Tay, BH

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Publisher:: AIPM
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Setting the Standard: Proceedings of the AIPM National Conference 2007, 2007, pp. 1 - 13
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Sankaran, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5485-6216	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tay, BH	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Earl, DG	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Tam, DV	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Milner, DS	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Remington, DK	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Tupicoff, MA	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Tucker, MR	en_US
dc.date	2007-10-10	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Setting the Standard: Proceedings of the AIPM National Conference 2007, 2007, pp. 1 - 13	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-9804601-0-0	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7333
dc.description.abstract	This paper proposes that the project management discipline would benefit from the findings of practitioners who conduct research into their own practice. Project management researchers associated with a UK government-funded research project [1] have recently suggested that the project management field requires more research into project actuality , focusing on social processes of how project managers think in action and that such research could contribute to more satisfactory outcomes of contemporary projects. This paper describes a hypothetical dilemma faced by a project manager and briefly describes four doctoral research projects carried out by practitioners who used action research, case research and systems thinking methodologies to address real problems they faced in their projects. It discusses their findings and some common features of these projects and argues that practitioner research using interpretative and critical research methods into actual problems faced by project managers could contribute to useful knowledge for project managers.	en_US
dc.publisher	AIPM	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Setting the Standard: Proceedings of the AIPM National Conference 2007	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Project Management conference	en_US
dc.title	Are interpretive and critical research methods useful for research in project management?	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Sydney, Australia	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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Abstract:

This paper proposes that the project management discipline would benefit from the findings of practitioners who conduct research into their own practice. Project management researchers associated with a UK government-funded research project [1] have recently suggested that the project management field requires more research into project actuality , focusing on social processes of how project managers think in action and that such research could contribute to more satisfactory outcomes of contemporary projects. This paper describes a hypothetical dilemma faced by a project manager and briefly describes four doctoral research projects carried out by practitioners who used action research, case research and systems thinking methodologies to address real problems they faced in their projects. It discusses their findings and some common features of these projects and argues that practitioner research using interpretative and critical research methods into actual problems faced by project managers could contribute to useful knowledge for project managers.

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