Making Projects Critical 15 years on: A retrospective reflection (2001-2016)

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the formation and evolution of the “Making Projects Critical” movement in project management research. Design/methodology/approach Retrospective and discursive paper. Findings Reflections on tensions and challenges faced by the MPC movement. Originality/value The paper establishes the historical trajectory of this movement and clarifies the tensions and challenges faced by MPC.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

• Publication date

  2016-09-02

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1108/IJMPB-10-2015-0105
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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