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TY - CHAP
T1 - Knowledge
T2 - Is there a universal theory of project management?
AU - Dalcher, Darren
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Teaching project management is a challenge. First, there is the question of where to position the faculty. Should it sit within engineering? Or might it fit better in a business school? Or perhaps it needs to be positioned as a generic discipline, which applies in all domains and endeavours. Then, there is the question related to the philosophical underpinning: namely, is project management a science or an art? The award students obtain should reflect that orientation in its title. Once these aspects are out of the way, all that is needed is the body of knowledge (and the evidence that supports it).
AB - Teaching project management is a challenge. First, there is the question of where to position the faculty. Should it sit within engineering? Or might it fit better in a business school? Or perhaps it needs to be positioned as a generic discipline, which applies in all domains and endeavours. Then, there is the question related to the philosophical underpinning: namely, is project management a science or an art? The award students obtain should reflect that orientation in its title. Once these aspects are out of the way, all that is needed is the body of knowledge (and the evidence that supports it).
U2 - 10.4324/9781315565729
DO - 10.4324/9781315565729
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85062489570
SN - 9781472429124
BT - Advances in Project Management
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -