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The Web of Projects: In Search of a Continuous Flow of Sustainable Projects

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:29 authored by Carlos SatoCarlos Sato, D E A Dergint
Nowadays, the traditional approach of Project Management, as described by PMI's (Project Management Institute) PMBoK® (Project Management Body of Knowledge) Guide, divides it into nine knowledge areas: project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk and procurement management. This is the reductionist approach, where a subject is divided into its constituent parts and one tries to understand the whole from its parts. The objective of this paper is to approach the evolution and expand the understanding of Project Management discipline through the eyes of the General Systems Theory, Cybernetics, Deep Ecology and Chaos and Complexity Theory. Thus, it is possible to understand, from the point of view of these traditional theories, how the changes in the world are affecting the concepts and the human side of Project Management and how themes like ecology, network and sustainability should be inserted and connected into the context of Project Management.

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Publication status

  • Published

Page range

316-319

Presentation Type

  • paper

Event name

IEMC'03 Proceedings, Managing Technologically Driven Organizations: 'The Human Side of Innovation and Change'

Event location

Albany, NY; 2 November 2003 through 4 November 2003; Code 62269

Event type

conference

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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