The Oxford Handbook of Project Management

Peter W. G. Morris, Jeffrey K. Pinto, Jonas Söderlund

Publisher: Oxford University, 2012, 550 pages

ISBN: 978-0-19-965582-3

Keywords: Project Management

Last modified: Jan. 29, 2025, 11:17 p.m.

Synopsis

The Oxford Handbook of Project Management presents and discusses leading ideas in the management of projects. Positioning project management as a domain much broader and more strategic than simply "delivery management", it draws on the insights of over 40 scholars to chart the development of the subject over the last 50 years or more as an area of increasing practical and academic interest. It suggests we could be entering an emerging "third wave" of analysis and interpretation following its early technical and operational beginnings and the subsequent shift to a focus on projects and their management.

Topics dealt with include: the historical evolution of the subject; its theoretical base; professionalism; business and societal context; strategy; organization; governance; innovation; overruns; risk; information management; procurement; relationships and trust;; knowledge management; and practice and teams. The Handbook is of particular relevance to those interested in the research issues underlying project management.

Table of Contents

    • Introduction: Towards the Third Wave of Project Management
      Peter W.G. Morris, Jeffrey Pinto, and Jonas Söderlund
  • Part I: History and Foundations
    1. A Brief History of Project Management
      Peter W.G. Morris
    2. Theoretical Foundations of Project Management: Suggestions for a Pluralistic Understanding
      Jonas Söderlund
    3. The Evolution of Project Management Research: the Evidence from the Journals
      Rodney Turner, Jeffrey Pinto and Christophe Bredillet
    4. Prospects for Professionalism in Project Management
      Damian Hodgson and Daniel Muzio
  • Part II: Industry and Context
    1. The Project Business: Analytical Framework and Research Opportunities
      Karlos Artto, Andrew Davies, Jaakko Kujala, Andrea Prencipe
    2. Projects and Partnerships: Institutional Processes and Emergent Practices
      Mike Bresnen and Nick Marshall
    3. Project Ecologies: A Contextual View on Temporary Organizations
      Gernot Grabher and Oliver Ibert
  • Part III: Strategy and Decision-Making
    1. The P-form Corporation: Contingencies, Characteristics, and Challenges
      Jonas Söderlund and Fredrik Tell
    2. Implementing Strategy through Projects
      Christoph Loch and Stylianos Kavadias
    3. Program Management: an Emerging Opportunity for Research and Scholarship
      Sergio Pellegrinelli, David Partington and Joana G. Geraldi
    4. Projects and Innovation: Innovation and Projects
      Tim Brady and Mike Hobday
  • Part IV: Governance and Control
    1. Project Governance
      Ralf Müller
    2. Over Budget, Over Time, Over and Over Again: Managing Major Projects
      Bent Flyvbjerg
    3. Managing Risk and Uncertainty on Projects: a Cognitive Approach
      Graham M. Winch and Eunice Maytorena
    4. Information Management and the Management of Projects
      Jennifer Whyte and Raymond Levitt
  • Part V: Contracting and Relationships
    1. Shaping Projects, Building Networks
      Bernard Cova and Robert Salle
    2. Innovating the Practice of Normative Control in Project Management Contractual Relations
      Stewart Clegg, Kjersti Bjørkeng, Tyrone Pitsis
    3. Trust in Relational Contracting and as a Critical Organizational Attribute
      Nuno Gil, Hedley Smyth And Jeffrey Pinto
  • Part VI: Organizing And Learning
    1. Knowledge Integration in Product Development Projects: a Contingency Framework
      Lars Lindkvist
    2. Leadership and Teamwork in Dispersed Projects
      Martin Hoegl, Miriam Muethel, and Hans Georg Gemuenden
    3. Projects-As-Practice: New Approach, New Insights
      Markus Hällgren and Anders Söderholm