Managing the project learning paradox: A set-theoretic approach toward project knowledge transfer |
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Authors: | René M. Bakker,Bart Cambré |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Organisation Studies, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlandsb TiasNimbas Business School, The Netherlandsc Tilburg University, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Managing project-based learning is becoming an increasingly important part of project management. This article presents a comparative case study of 12 cases of knowledge transfer between temporary inter-organizational projects and permanent parent organizations. Our set-theoretic analysis of these data yields two major findings. First, a high level of absorptive capacity of the project owner is a necessary condition for successful project knowledge transfer, which implies that the responsibility for knowledge transfer seems to in the first place lie with the project parent organization, not with the project manager. Second, none of the factors are sufficient by themselves. This implies that successful project knowledge transfer is a complex process always involving configurations of multiple factors. We link these implications with the view of projects as complex temporary organizational forms in which successful project managers need to cope with complexity by simultaneously paying attention to both relational and organizational processes. |
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Keywords: | Project-based learning Knowledge transfer Inter-organizational project Temporary organization Comparative case study research Project complexity Qualitative comparative analysis |
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