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Replacement of the Project Manager Reflected Through Activity Theory and Work–System Theory

Jari JussilaMaritta PirhonenKirsi LiikamaaHeli Aramo-immonenTero Vartiainen

subject

EngineeringProcess managementKnowledge managementbusiness.industryProcess (engineering)PhenomenonInformation systemOrganizational cultureActivity theoryProject managementbusinessProject teamProject manager

description

Replacement of the project manager (RPM) is a known phenomenon in information systems (IS) projects, but scant attention is given to it in the project management or IS literature. Given its critical effects on the project business, the organization, the project team, and the project manager, it should be studied in more depth. We identified factors which make RPM occurrences inherently different and we show that work-system theory and activity theory give comprehensive lenses to advance research on RPM. For the future research on RPM we identified three objectives: experiences on RPM, process model for RPM, and organizational culture’s influence on RPM occurrences.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-10-30
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7355-9_10