Table of contents - Special Issue: Old theories, new contexts: extending operations management theories to projects
Guest Editors: Harvey Maylor, Jack R. Meredith, Jonas Soderlund, Tyson Browning
Project and processes: a convenient but simplistic dichotomy
Jean Harvey, Monique AubryThe purpose of this paper is to explore commonalities and differences between projects and processes, and between project management (PjM) and process management (PcM), with a…
It takes two to tango: Product-organization interdependence in managing major projects
Karlos Artto, Virpi TurkulainenThe purpose of this paper is to develop further understanding of the interdependence between product and organization subsystems in the context of major projects by empirically…
Coordination in temporary organizations: Formal and informal mechanisms at the 2016 Olympics
Aline Fernandes, Martin Spring, Monideepa TarafdarThe purpose of this paper is to explore intra-firm coordination in temporary organizations (TOs). Specifically, it identifies and explains how operational coordination evolves…
Lean leadership in major projects: from “predict and provide” to “predict and prevent”
Matthias Holweg, Harvey MaylorThe purpose of this paper is to understand the context of major projects and their management from an OM perspective; the authors provide a foundation for exploring how the body…
Creating relational capital through socialization in project alliances
Kirsi Aaltonen, Virpi TurkulainenThe purpose of this paper is to elaborate the understanding of socialization in the context of temporary operations and organizational settings, using project alliance – the most…
Using project demand profiling to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of infrastructure projects
Janet Godsell, Donato Masi, Antonios Karatzas, Timothy Mark BradyThe purpose of this paper is to explore the applicability and utility of supply chain (SC) segmentation through demand profiling to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of…
A framework for understanding managerial responses to supply chain complexity
Neil Turner, James Aitken, Cecil BozarthThe purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of supply chain complexity and extend this with literature developed within the project domain. The authors use the lens of…
Crowdsourcing: A contemporary form of project management with linkages to open innovation and novel operations
Kathleen Bridget Wilson, Vikram Bhakoo, Danny SamsonThe purpose of this paper is to link crowdsourcing, operations management (OM) and project management (PM). The study demonstrates how crowdsourcing as an open innovation…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen