A Pragmatist Approach to Complexity Theorizing in Project Studies: Orders and Levels
| Autor: | Lavagnon A. Ika, Stephane Tywoniak, Christophe Bredillet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Reductionism
Pragmatism Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Project complexity 02 engineering and technology Epistemology Management of Technology and Innovation 021105 building & construction 0502 economics and business Sociology Business and International Management 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Project Management Journal. 52:298-313 |
| ISSN: | 1938-9507 8756-9728 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/8756972821999501 |
| Popis: | The limitations of complexity theorizing in project studies are traced back to simplistic and reductionist theorizing strategies. This article offers pragmatist recommendations to develop strong theorizing strategies organized in a triad: orders of theorizing (degree of recursiveness of the theorizing process), levels of theorizing (interactions between micro, meso, and macro loci of analysis), and the integration between orders and levels brought together in a recursive relationship of co-construction. We offer four main contributions to complexity theorizing in project studies: pragmatism is useful, deeper attention should be paid to theorizing across levels, third-order theorizing is needed, and complexifying terminology is required. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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