Format:
1 online resource (520 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781409448808
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9781409448815
Content:
This second edition of the book provides complete guide to research practice on project management
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I Foundational Issues -- 1 Project Management Research: Addressing Integrative Challenges -- 2 Project Management Research: Social Dimensions and Organisational Context -- 3 The Paradigm as a Steering Mechanism for New Research Endeavours -- 4 Finding a Way in Broceliande Forest: The Magic Domain of Project Management Research -- 5 Ontology and Epistemology -- 6 The Praxeology of Applied Research in Autoethnographical Research Settings: A Case Study of a Radical Learning Journey -- Part II Focusing your Research Effort -- 7 Research Methods and Success Meaning in Project Management -- 8 The Constructive Research Approach: Problem Solving for Complex Projects -- 9 Novel or Incremental Contributions: The Construction of Research Questions -- 10 Moving from Hunches to a Research Topic: Salient Literature and Research Methods -- 11 Moving from 'Hunches' to an Interesting Research Topic: Defining the Research Topic -- 12 Ethical Considerations in Project Management Research -- 13 Developing a Critical Literature Review for Project Management Research -- 14 Critical Engagement of Previous Research -- Part III Specific Data Collection and Analysis Techniques -- 15 Interview Methods for Project Management Research -- 16 Considering Case Studies in Project Management -- 17 Linking Theory and Practice in Using Action-Oriented Methods -- 18 Dual Cycle Action Research: A Doctor of Project Management (DPM) Research Case Study -- 19 An Agile Approach to the Real Experience of Developing Research Methodology and Methods -- 20 Giving Voice to the Project Management Practitioner -- 21 Enter or Not - How to Gain and Sustain Access to Research Sites
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Part IV Examples of Mixed Methods Strategies -- 22 Mixed Methods Research in Project Management -- 23 The Value of Mixed Methods -- 24 Managing Research in Large Collaborative Teams -- 25 Applying Mixed Methods for Researching Project Management in Engineering Projects -- 26 Importance of Sequencing in Mixed Methods Research Design -- 27 An Empirical Research Method Strategy for Construction Consulting Services Projects -- Part V Unique Environments for Project Management Research -- 28 A Practical Research Method: The NETLIPSE Case Study -- 29 Using Multi-Case Approaches in Project Management Research: The Megaproject Experience -- 30 Project Management Research in Post-Conflict Societies: Challenges and Complexities Identified in Kosovo -- 31 Complexities of Oil and Gas Exploration in the Middle East -- Part VI Writing as a Future Researcher -- 32 Studying Relationships in Project Management Through Social Network Analysis -- 33 Social Network Analysis Applied to Project Management -- 34 The Electronic Portfolio - A Research Enabler -- Part VII Benefitting from Experience: Supervisors and Publications -- 35 The Voice of Experience: An Interview with Lynn Crawford -- 36 Supervisors and Their Sociological (and Sometimes Seemingly Illogical) Imagination -- 37 Common Flaws in Project Management Research Reports -- 38 Publish or Perish? Transforming Your Thesis into a Tangible Product -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Pasian, Beverly Design Methods and Practices for Research of Project Management Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2015 ISBN 9781409448808
Language:
English
Keywords:
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