A Heideggerian paradigm for project management: Breaking free of the disciplinary matrix and its Cartesian ontology

Hoorn, Bronte van der; Whitty, Stephen Jonathan

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.09.007

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“…(Bredillet 2005(Bredillet , 2013Bredillet, Hatcher & Tywoniak 2013;Bredillet, Tywoniak & Dwivedula 2015). Also, the value of Heideggerian and more broadly, continental philosophical perspectives for bringing a practice grounding to project management research have been proposed by van der Hoorn and Whitty (2015b) and van der Hoorn (2016).…”

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The praxis of ‘alignment seeking’ in project work

Hoorn

Whitty

2017

International Journal of Project Management

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Alignment seeking is the process of reaching agreement on what needs to be done and on the process that should be followed to complete the activity. This empirical study extends the scope of the current project-as-practice literature by providing descriptions of how project managers actually achieve alignment. Photographs taken by the research participants are used to trigger discussion in semi-structured interviews that explore the praxis of alignment seeking in project work. The practices found to enable alignment seeking include: creating a vision; storytelling; seeding ideas; identifying and using personal drivers, and appealing to stakeholders and team members' sense of a 'higher good'. This paper highlights how alignment seeking can be achieved 'in practice' by project managers.

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The praxis of ‘alignment seeking’ in project work

Hoorn

Whitty

2017

International Journal of Project Management

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“…This community publishes (although not exclusively) and is involved in the editorial of journals dedicated to projects, most notably, the International Journal of Project Management, Project Management Journal and this journal. The community and its object of study receives a variety of names, representing different perspectives on projects (Jacobsson et al 2015), schools of thought (Söderlund 2011;Bredillet 2010), methodologies (Crawford, Pollack, et al 2006;Smyth & Morris 2007), and paradigms (Pollack 2007;Williams 2005;van der Hoorn & Whitty 2015). Names matter (Pellegrinelli 2011;Geraldi & Teerikangas 2009), but what connects us matter too.…”

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Project studies and engaged scholarship

Geraldi

Söderlund

2016

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Purpose: A decade has passed since the 'Rethinking Project Management' Network called for a paradigm shift in project research, and proposed five research directions. This paper reflects on the past decade and purports to rejuvenate these research directions. Approach:We conceptualise and study 'project studies'. We approach our research as a social process embedded in research communities, and contemporary Zeitgeist. In this regard, the 'Rethinking Project Management' Network acts as a case of researchers and practitioners who took an active role in shaping the research direction of our community. Findings:Based on Sandberg's interpretive approach to the fit between work and works (in this case research-researcher) and Habermas' three types of human interests: technical, practical and emancipatory, we develop a conceptual framework circumscribing three types of project research, which are used to craft future research directions, in the lines proposed by . Implications:We conclude by proposing a sixth direction on the practice of theorising, and call for engaged and ambidextrous scholars, who's 'job' goes beyond the writing of articles and research applications, and includes shaping discourses of project research, nurturing new project scholars, contributing to project practice and carefully considering the legacy of projects and project studies in society.Originality: This essay positions research as a social process, and the role of researchers as actors shaping research.

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“…For an existentially inspired approach to management, the manager’s analysis in the context of existential motives becomes apparent. Existentials are also evident in the Heideggerian approach to management (Bolle 2006 , Segal 2010 , Van de Hoorn and Whitty 2015 ), which works with the existentialism of Martin Heidegger ( 2001 ), especially that developed in Being and Time . The approach of existential hermeneutic phenomenology (Müller and Jedličková, 2020 ) also works with existential categories, which develops the Heideggerian concept (Rolfe et al 2016 , 2017 ) by the philosophy of Fink ( 1965 , 1969 ) and Patočka (1966, 1998 ).…”

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Albert Camus and Management: Opening the Discussion on the Contributions of his Work

Müller

2021

Philosophy of Management

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This article responds to a call from Philosophy of Management (Vandekerckhove 2020) to open a discussion on the contribution of Albert Camus's work to management. The aim of this article is to argue that Camus's sense of cyclicality related to the recurrence of crises is particularly important for existential management. This idea is embodied primarily by Camus's famous retelling of the myth of Sisyphus, which is not only a provocative metaphor of his thoughts, as discussed by many authors, but is also an inspiring expression of the idea of revolt, which is further developed in Camus's later work. The article focuses on recent updates to Camus's Sisyphean revolt in existentially oriented approaches to management. These are mainly the concepts of the existential manager, an analysis of managerial lived experience within existential hermeneutic phenomenology, and the perspective of an absurd organization. Camus's motif of cyclicality represents a stimulating framework for analysing lived managerial experience, which is characterized by alternating phases of success and failure. The article also draws attention to other important motives in Camus's work, such as avoiding extremes and idealistic constructs, and expressing the value of human life as a basis for ethical behaviour. All the mentioned motives are closely related to the concept of revolt. This article also provides several explanatory comments on the editorial, which help to take a closer look at Camus's style of thinking and avoid possible misinterpretations. In this respect, the distinction between Camus's approach and forms of existentialism is particularly important.

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A Heideggerian paradigm for project management: Breaking free of the disciplinary matrix and its Cartesian ontology

Cited by 36 publications

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The praxis of ‘alignment seeking’ in project work

The praxis of ‘alignment seeking’ in project work

Project studies and engaged scholarship

Albert Camus and Management: Opening the Discussion on the Contributions of his Work

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