Projects as Arenas for Renewal and Learning Processes

1 Evolution of Project as Empirical Trend and Theoretical Focus.- Section I From Empirical Category to a Conceptual Framework: Identification of Projects.- 2 Conceptualizing a Projectified Society - Discussion of an Eco-Institutional Approach to a Theory on Temporary Organizations.- 3 The Project Concept(S): On the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Project Management.- 4 Learning from Renewal Projects: Content, Context and Embeddedness.- 5 Learning about Culture Through Projects in Aid Programmes.- Section II Learning Projects and Learning by Projects.- 6 Project Management Learning: A Contingent Approach.- 7 Project Management-Benchmarking: An Instrument of Learning.- 8 Innovation in Project Management: Using Industry as the Laboratory.- 9 Learning Through Projects: Meeting the Implementation Challenge.- 10 Patterns of Success and Failure in Renewal Projects a Study of Eight Projects for Developing a Learning Organisation.- 11 Managing Renewal Projects in Different Learning Cultures.- Section III Development of Management by Projects-Transformations in Permanent Organisations and Professional Practices.- 12 The Human Resource Allocation Process when Organizing by Projects.- 13 Project Management and Internal Contracts.- 14 Projects as an Arena for Innovation-Images of Projects and their Implications.- 15 Managing Creation and Learning of New Expertise in Automobile Development Projects.- 16 Beyond Advanced Project Management: Renewing Engineering Practices and Organizations.- Section IV Projects and Economic Relations.- 17 A Framework for Analysing Project Dyads-the Case of Discontinuity, Uncertainty and Trust.- 18 Civil Engineering Joint Ventures: The British and French Models of Organisation in Confrontation.- 19 Co-Operative Buyer-Supplier Relationships in Development Projects in the Car Industry.- 20 New Car Development Projects and Supplier Partnership.- 21 Emerging Convergences or Debates.- References.