Scandinavian School of project management research: theory oriented towards practice

• Autorzy: Alina Kozarkiewicz , Monika Łada , Anders Söderholm
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The main aim of this paper is to present so called Scandinavian School of project management as an approach which gained a lot of interests in recent years. The Scandinavian research is very interesting from the Polish perspective as it represent the way of combining theoretical basis with strong orientation towards practical issues of project management. In the first section of the paper the development of research in the field of project management is presented and the involvement and the role of Scandinavian research is demonstrated on this background. The next section of the article contains the characteristics of Scandinavian School, and the theoretical basis, assumption, research methods, and contingencies of the development are presented. The contribution and achievements of the Scandinavian scholars are discussed in the final part of the paper.(original abstract)

Celem artykułu jest prezentacja tzw. skandynawskiej szkoły zarządzania projektami. Jest to podejście o tyle interesujące, że pokazuje sposób łączenia wiedzy teoretycznej z silną orientacją na zastosowania praktyczne. W pierwszej części artykułu omówiono rozwój zarządzania projektami, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem roli, jaką w rozwoju tej dziedziny wiedzy odegrały ośrodki skandynawskie. W kolejnej części artykułu zaprezentowano najważniejsze idee szkoły skandynawskiej - bazę teoretyczną, założenia, metody badawcze, czynniki rozwoju podejścia skandynawskiego. W końcowej części artykułu omówiono wkład i osiągnięcia skandynawskiej szkoły zarządzania projektami.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Project management; Organisation theory; Organisation and management

PL

Zarządzanie projektem; Teoria organizacji; Organizacja i zarządzanie

• Czasopismo: Organizacja i Kierowanie
• Rocznik: 2008
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 23--39

Twórcy

autor

Alina Kozarkiewicz

autor

Monika Łada

autor

Anders Söderholm

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