Projects as Arenas for Renewal and Learning Processes

252 Pages·1998·6.569 MB·English

by  Rolf A. Lundin, Christophe Midler (auth.), Rolf A. Lundin, Christophe Midler (eds.)

PROJECTS AS ARENAS FOR RENEWAL
AND LEARNING PROCESSES
PROJECTS AS ARENAS FOR RENEWAL
AND LEARNING PROCESSES
edited by
Rolf A. Lundin
Umeä University
and
Christophe Midler
CRG-Ecole polytechnique
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSMESS MEDIA, LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-1-4613-7605-7 ISBN 978-1-4615-5691-6 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-5691-6
Copyright © 1998 bySpringer Science+Business Media New York
OriginaIly published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1998
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS IX
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII
CHAPTER 1
EVOLUTION OF PROJECT AS EMPIRICAL TREND AND
THEORETICAL FOCUS 1
Rolf A. Lundin, UmeA School of Business and Economics, UmeA, Sweden
Christophe Midler, CRG-Ecole polytechnique, Paris, France
SECTION I
FROM EMPIRICAL CATEGORY TO A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK:
IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECTS 11
CHAPTER 2
CONCEPTUALIZING A PROJECTIFIED SOCIETY -DISCUSSION
OF AN ECO-INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO A THEORY ON
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS 13
Rolf A. Lundin and Anders SMerholm
UmeA School of Business and Economics, UmeA, Sweden
CHAPTER 3
mE PROJECT CONCEPT(S):
ON THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS IN THE STUDY OF PROJECT
MANAGEMENT 25
Mats Engwall, Industrial Economics & Management, Royal Institute
of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
CHAPTER 4
LEARNING FROM RENEWAL PROJECTS:
CONTENT, CONTEXT AND EMBEDDEDNESS 37
Tomas Blomquist and Johann Packendorff, UmeA School of Business and
Economics, UmeA, Sweden
CHAPTER 5
LEARNING ABOUT CULTURE THROUGH PROJECTS IN AID
PROGRAMMES 47
John Russell-Hodge, Synergy International Limited, Wellington, New Zealand
Peter Hunnam, World Wide Fund for Nature, Suva, Fiji Islands
SECTION II
LEARNING PROJECTS AND LEARNING BY PROJECTS 59
CHAPTER 6
PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEARNING:
A CONTINGENT APPROACH 61
Thierry Boudes, Florence Charue-Duboc and Christophe Midler
CRG-Ecole polytechnique, Paris, France
CHAPTER 7
PROJECT MANAGEMENT-BENCHMARKING:
AN INSTRUMENT OF LEARNING 71
Martina Huemann and Gernot Winkler
University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria
CHAPTER 8
INNOVATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
USING INDUSTRY AS THE LABORATORY 79
Francis T. Hartman, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
CHAPTER 9
LEARNING THROUGH PROJECTS:
MEETING THE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGE 89
Karen Ayas, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
CHAPTER 10
PATTERNS OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN RENEWAL PROJECTS
A STUDY OF EIGHT PROJECTS FOR DEVELOPING A LEARNING
ORGANISATION 99
Barbro Anell, Umea School of Business and Economics, Umea, Sweden
CHAPTER 11
MANAGING RENEWAL PROJECTS IN DIFFERENT LEARNING
CULTURES 115
Tomas Mtillern, It>nk5ping International Business School, J5nk5ping, Sweden
Katarina Ostergren, Umea School of Business and Economics, Umea, Sweden
SECTION III
DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT BY PROJECTS
TRANSFORMATIONS IN PERMANENT ORGANISATIONS AND
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES 123
CHAPTER 12
THE HUMAN RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCESS
WHEN ORGANIZING BY PROJECTS 125
Pernille Eskerod, Southern Denmark Business School, Soenderborg, Denmark
CHAPTER 13
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL CONTRACTS 133
Michel Nakhla, CGS-Ecole des Mines de Paris and Institut National Agronomique,
Paris, France
Louis Georges Soler, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique -ESR,
Thiverval-Grignon, France
CHAPTER 14
PROJECTS AS AN ARENA FOR INNOVATION -
IMAGES OF PROJECTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS 145
Helen Anderson and Anna Larsson, IMIE, Link5ping University, Link5ping,
Sweden
CHAPTER 15
MANAGING CREATION AND LEARNING OF NEW EXPERTISE IN
AUTOMOBILE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 157
Franck Aggeri and Armand Hatchuel, CGS-Ecole des Mines de Paris, France
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CHAPTER 16
BEYOND ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
RENEWING ENGINEERING PRACTICES AND ORGANIZATIONS 169
Florence Charue-Duboc and Christophe Midler, CRG -Ecole polytechnique,
Paris, France
SECTION IV
PROJECTS AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS 179
CHAPTER 17
A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING PROJECT DYADS -
THE CASE OF DISCONTINUITY, UNCERTAINTY AND TRUST 181
Jonas SOderlund and Niklas Andersson, IMIE, Linkl>ping University,
Linkl>ping, Sweden
CHAPTER 18
CIVIL ENGINEERING JOINT VENTURES: THE BRITISH AND
FRENCH MODELS OF ORGANISATION IN CONFRONTATION 191
Elisabeth Campagnac, LATTS Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris,
France
Graham Winch, University College London, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies,
London, United Kingdom
CHAPTER 19
CO-OPERAT IVE BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS IN
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE CAR INDUSTRY 207
Lydie Laigle, LA TTS Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, France
CURDS-University of Newcastle, United Kingdom
CHAPTER 20
NEW CAR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
AND SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIP 219
Gilles Garel and Alex Kesseler, CRG -Ecole poly technique, Paris, France
CHAPTER 21
EMERGING CONVERGENCES OR DEBATES 231
Rolf A. Lundin, Umea School of Business and Economics, Umea, Sweden
Christophe Midler, CRG -Ecole polytechnique, Paris, France
REFERENCES 243
INDEX 257
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Aggeri, Franck, CGS, Ecole des Mines de Paris, 62, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75006
PARIS, France, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail:
[email protected]
Anderson, Helen, The International Graduate School of Management and Industrial
Engineering, Linkoping University, S-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden, Tel: +4613
28 25 17, Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [email protected]
Andersson, Niklas, IMIE, Linkoping University, S-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden, Tel:
[phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [email protected]
Anell, Barbro, Umea School of Business and Economics, Umea university, S-901
87 Umea, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail:
[email protected]
Ayas, Karen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O.Box 1738,3000 DR Rotterdam, The
Netherlands, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail
[email protected]
Blomquist, Tomas, Umea School of Business and Economics, Dept of Business
Administration, Umea University, S-901 87 UMEA, Sweden. Tel: [phone]
22, Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected]
Boudes, Thierry, CRG-Ecole Polytechnique, 1, Rue Descartes, 75005 Paris, France,
Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [email protected]
Campagnac, Elisabeth, LATTS-Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, 1 avenue
Montaigne, 93167 Noisy Ie Grand Cedex, France, Tel: [phone], Fax:
[phone].
Charue-Duboc, Florence, CRG-Ecole Polytechnique, 1, Rue Descartes, 75005 Paris,
France, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail:
[email protected]
Engwall, Mats, Industrial Economics & Management, Royal Institute of Technolo
gy, S-100 44Stockholm, Sweden, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E
mail: [email protected]
Eskerod, Pernille, Southern Denmark Business School, Grundtvigs AIle 150, DK-
6400 Soenderborg, Denmark, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], e
mail: [email protected]
Garel, Gilles, University of Mame-Ia-Vallee and CRG-Ecole polytechnique, 1, Rue
Descartes, 75005 Paris, France, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone].
E-mail: [email protected]
Hartman, Francis T., The University of Calgary, Project Management
Specialization, ENF262, 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
T2P IN4 Tel: [phone] 481617178 Fax: [phone], E-mail:
[email protected]
Hatchuel. Annand, CGS-Ecole des Mines de Paris, 62, Boulevard Saint-Michel
75006 PARIS, France. EMail: [email protected]
Huemann, Martina, University of Economics and Business Administration Vienna,
Extraordinariat Projektmanagement, Franz-Klein Gasse 1, A-1190 Vienna,
Austria, Tel: [phone], Fax [phone]. E-mail:
[email protected]
Hunnam, Peter, World Wide Fund for Nature, Private Mail Bag, Suva, Fiji Islands,
Tel [phone], Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected]
Kesseler, Alex, A.T. Kearney, Maximilian Strasse 40, D-80539, Munich, Tyskland
and CRG-Ecole polytechnique, 1 rue Descartes, 75 005 Paris, France, Tel: +33 1
46343662, Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [email protected]
Laigle, Lydie, LATTS-Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, 1 avenue
Montaigne, 93167 Noisy Ie Grand Cedex, France, Tel: [phone], Fax:
[phone]. E-mail: [email protected]
Larsson, Anna, Link6ping University, Department of Management and Economics,
S-581 83 Link6ping, Sweden, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E
mail: [email protected]
Lundin, Rolf A., Umea School of Business and Economics, Dept of Business
Administration, S-901 87 Umea, Sweden, Tel [phone], fax +46-90-
7866674. E-mail:[email protected]
Midler, Christophe, CRG-Ecole polytechnique, 1, Rue Descartes, 75005 Paris,
France, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail:
[email protected]
Mllllern, Tomas, J6nk6ping International Business School, S-551 11 J6nk6ping,
Sweden, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail:
[email protected]
Nakhla, Michel, CGS-Ecole des Mines de Paris and Institut National Agronomique
Paris, 62, bd Saint Michel, 75272 Paris cedex 06, France, Tel: [phone],
Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [email protected]
Packendorff, Johann Umea School of Business and Economics, Dept of Business
Administration, Umea University, S-901 87 Umea, Sweden, Tel: [phone]
71, Fax: [phone]. [email protected]
Russell-Hodge, John, Synergy International Limited, PO Box 11-545 Wellington,
New Zealand, Tel [phone], Fax [phone]. E-mail:
[email protected]
Soler, Louis Georges, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, INRA-ESR
Thiverval-Grignon, France. E-mail: [email protected]
SMerholm, Anders, Umea School of Business and Economics, Dept of Business
Administration, S-90 1 87 Umea, Sweden, Tel [phone], Fax +46-90-
7866674. E-mail:[email protected]
SMerlund, Jonas, IMIE, Link6ping University, S-581 83 LINKOPING, Sweden,
Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [email protected]
Winch, Graham, University College London, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies,
Gower Street, London, WC IE 6BT, United Kingdom, Tel: [phone],
Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [email protected]
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Winkler. Gernot, Vniversity of Economics and Business Administration Vienna,
Extraordinariat Projektmanagement, Franz-Klein Gasse 1, A-1190 Vienna,
Austria, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone].
Ostergren, Katarina, Dep. of Business Administration, Vmea Business School, S-
901 87 Vmea, Sweden, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]. E-mail:
[email protected]
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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The title of the present book, "Projects as Arenas for Renewal and Learning
Processes", gives a good description of what the book is all about. As editors and
authors we are frrmly convinced that thinking of organising and organisations
nowadays often refers to temporary matters as opposed to permanent ones.
Organising by projects is on the increase in many practical fields and practitioners
take a renewed interest in the potentials of projects and temporary organisations. In
particular, projects might be good (or bad) as vehicles for learning and renewal.
Inspired by our work with IRNOP (=Intemational Research Network on Organising
by Projects), and with the help of some of the most knowledgeable researchers in
the field, we aim to illustrate and illuminate matters of learning and renewal in a
wide variety of practical settings ranging from providing development aid to
product development in the car business. We have aspired to streamline the various
contributions, including our own, in such a way that practitioners and researchers
alike will be provided with "food for thought" and even practical guidelines.
It has certainly been a pleasure working with the contributors to the present book.
Hopefully the learning process in this particular book production project has also
been useful for the various authors. We know that we have behaved as "nasty"
editors at times. But we have sincerely tried to see the contributions through the
eyes of the potential reader; providing the reader with something useful has been our
sole guide in this entire effort. And the authors have served us graciously and well
in this endeavour.
We also acknowledge the support we have received from UmeA School of
Business and Economics and CRG-Ecole polytechnique, respectively. While we
have been working on the book someone else has been taking care of the daily
chores for us leaving us with the time we needed to fulfil the mission. The publisher,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, in the person of the Acquisition Editor Julie
Kaczynski, has provided us with one important element for transforming this editing
and writing effort into a project, i.e. the deadline. We also appreciate all other
assistance we have received.
Finally, without the hawk-eyes of Ms Katarina Pousette the book would have
contained a lot of errors. We gratefully acknowledge her assistance and extend those
thanks to all other persons who assisted us in this endeavour in one way or the other.
Rolf A. Lundin Christophe Midler
UmeA School of Business and Economics CRG -Ecole polytechnique