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This second edition of the book provides a complete guide to research practice on project management.
List of contents
Foreword Section 1 Where you can startChapter 1 Ontology, Epistemology and Axiology: Understand your philosophy and approach
Ole Jonny Klakegg, and Ida Marie TvedtChapter 2 Transferring from hunches to a compelling research topic
Derek Walker and Beverley Lloyd-WalkerChapter 3 Critical engagement of previous research
Steven NijhuisChapter 4 The construction of research aims and questions
Rodney TurnerChapter 5 Project management research ethics
Helgi Þór Ingason and Haukur Ingi Jónasson and Thordur Vikingur FridgeirssonSection 2 The value of mixing things upChapter 6 Mixed methods for strategising in project management research
Karyne AngChapter 7 Interview methodology for understanding projects, project management and temporary organising
Anette Hallin, Abo Akademi and Jenny HelinChapter 8 Case study research in project management
Rodney TurnerChapter 9 Action research and project management
Shankar Sankaran and Bob DickChapter 10 Experiment-based research in project and portfolio management
Catherine KillenChapter 11 Creating surveys to test theory in a project context
Blaize Reich and Andrew GeminoSection 3 Specific ideas foro emergent environmentsChapter 12 A novel method for exploring collaboration in project meetings
Mona Abd Al-Salam, Catherine Killen and Perry ForsytheChapter 13 Narrative Inquiry in Project Management
Shankar SankaranChapter 14 Autoethnography: bridging the project manager-researcher divide
Rafaella Broft and Simon AddymanChapter 15 An agile approach to the real experience of developing research methodology and methods
Hany Wells and Hedley SmythChapter 16 Researching project impact in smart cities: methodological considerations
Beverly PasianChapter 17 Integrating information modelling simulation for smart operation and management in hospitals
Yongkui Li, Yan Zhang, Xihu Pan and Yilong HanChapter 18 Project management research in the era of artificial intelligence
Seyed Ashkan Zarghami, Jantanee Dumrak and Roslyn CameronChapter 19 Collaborating for studying projects: the example of welfare technology introduction in Sweden
Lucia Crevani, Michela Cozza and Silvia BruzzoneSection 4 Analyzing and publishingChapter 20 Critical thinking as a core project management skill
Alexia Nalewaik
Chapter 21 Analysing qualitative data
Francesco Di MaddaloniChapter 22 Using text mining to validate qualitative findings
James Marion and Tracey RichardsonChapter 23 The urge to publish: Transforming your dissertation into a publications
Darren DalcherChapter 24 Writing research papers
Kam Jugdev and John WyzalekSection 5 Considering the futureChapter 25 Mentoring: An essential aspect of researcher development
Deepak Bajaj and Pooja BajajChapter 26 The future of project management research is complex
Louis Klein
About the author
Beverly Pasian has turned her career to creative and socially responsible dimensions of project management research during the past 10 years. Research method design, gender leadership of projects and quality-of-life achievement in smart city development are at the top of this list. New publications are coming in each along with ongoing profiling of smart city projects and the cities that sponsor them. Association leadership continues within the Special Interest Group (Smarter Cities) of the International Project Management Association, on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community and as conference chair of the European Technology Management Conferences. Always eager to collaborate, Beverly welcomes contact from anyone who shares these interests!
Rodney Turner is the author or editor of 18 books, including
The Handbook of Project-based Management and the
Gower Handbook of Project Management. He was editor of
The International Journal of Project Management from 1993-2018. He is a visiting professor at the University of Leeds and honorary professor at the University of Warwick. Most recently, he was Professor of Project Management at SKEMA Business School, Lille, France; SAIPEM Professor of Project Management at the Politecnico di Milano; and Professor and High-End Foreign Expert at Shanghai University. In 2004, he received a lifetime research achievement award from the Project Management Institute and, in 2012, from the International Project Management Association.
Summary
This second edition of the book provides a complete guide to research practice on project management.
