《perspectives on project management》.pdf

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT International Journal of Project Management 25 (2007) 3–9 /locate/ijproman Perspectives on project management Bjørn Johs. Kolltveit a,*, Jan Terje Karlsen a,1, Kjell Grønhaug b,2 a Norwegian School of Management BI, P.O. Box 580, 0442 Oslo, Norway b Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, 5045 Bergen, Norway Received 7 July 2005; received in revised form 14 October 2005; accepted 13 December 2005 Abstract This paper addresses perspectives underlying the project management literature. Content analysis of selected textbooks and formal articles revealed that this literature is primarily based on a few perspectives, and that the perspectives emphasized have changed over time. Today the leadership perspective is the dominant one, while the task perspective earlier was the most emphasized. The study also revealed growing application of the leadership and business perspectives. 2006 Elsevier Ltd and IPMA. All rights reserved. Keywords: Perspectives; Project management; Content analysis 1. Introduction projects. For students and practitioners, the differences in