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| Author: | Lewis, M. W. (et al.) |
| Title: | Product development tensions: exploring contrasting styles of project management |
| Journal: | Academy of Management Journal
2002 : JUN, VOL. 45:3, p. 546-564 |
| Index terms: | Product development Design management Project management Project planning |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Succesful product development requires managing tensions - coping with fluctuating contingencies to foster innovation and efficiency. To investigate this challenge, the authors explore the nature, dynamics, and impacts of contrasting project management styles. The conceptual framework details emergent and planned styles. Follwing 80 projects over two-year periods, the authors find that these styles offer disparate but interwoven approaches to monitoring, evaluation, and control activities; use of these activities fluctuates over time; a paradoxical blend of styles enhances performance; and uncertainty moderates project management-performance relationships. |
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