Design Methods and Practices for Research of Project Management is the most comprehensive guide on how to do research of and in project management. Project management as a discipline has experienced near-exponential growth in its application across the business and not-for-profit sectors. This second edition of the authoritative reference book offers a substantial update on the first edition with over 60% new content and so provides both practitioner and student researchers with a fully up-to-date and complete guide to research practice on project management.

In Design Methods and Practices for Research of Project Management, Beverly Pasian and Rodney Turner have brought together 27 original chapters from many of the leading international thinkers in project management research. The collection looks at each step in the research stages, including research strategy, management, methodology (quantitative and qualitative), techniques as well as how to share and publish research findings. The chapters offer an international perspective with examples from a wide range of project management applications; engineering, construction, mega-projects, high-risk environments and social transformation. Each chapter includes tips and exercises for the research student, as well as a complete set of further references.

The book is the go-to text for practitioners undertaking research in companies, and also doctoral and masters students and their supervisors who are involved in research projects in and for universities.

About the Author

Beverly Pasian is Associate Professor, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. She was the founding President of the Project Management Association of Canada and the first recipient of its Fellowship award. She was the Dutch representative for the IPMA International Research Management Board (2012-14), expert member on several research projects, chair of the Dutch National Research Group (2013-15) and was the academic program lead for the 2014 World Congress in Rotterdam.

Rodney Turner is the author and editor of eighteen books, including The Handbook of Project-based Management and the Gower Handbook of Project Management. He was editor of The International Journal of Project Management from 1993-2018. He is a visiting professor at the University of Leeds, and honorary professor at the University of Warwick. Most recently he was Professor of Project Management at SKEMA Business School, in Lille France, SAIPEM Professor of Project Management at the Politecnico di Milano, and Professor and High-End Foreign Expert at Shanghai University. In 2004 he received a life-time research achievement award from the Project Management Institute, and in 2012 from the International Project Management Association.

Reviews
'Beverly Pasian's book is extremely important and timely. It is also ambitious, and we should commend her for undertaking this mission. The book integrates under one roof a tremendous collection of research lessons and experience on how to investigate project management and how to better understand it in the future. The book should be highly recommended to different groups of researchers and educators. Nice and very relevant undertaking!' Aaron Shenhar, Technological Leadership Institute, SPLWIN, Rutgers and Tel Aviv Universities 'The field of project management has come a long way in the last quarter of a century in improving the quality of its research and the rigour of the research methodologies on which it is based. However, it stands accused of being very narrow now. Project management research is based on rigorous methodologies, but a very narrow range of methodologies are used. Having now built a firm base, project management research now needs to move out into new areas to broaden the topics that can be investigated and the ways they can be investigated. In that we can find new insights into the field. This book will make an extremely valuable contribution into opening up the research horizons of project management. I would also like to use chapters as readings on my research management courses.' Rodney Turner, Professor of Project Management, Kingston Business School, UK 'This book is a tour de force on research designs, methods and practices. It covers a wide range of foundational aspects, general and specific research approaches, mixed methods strategies, unique environment settings and state-of-the-art tools, such as social media. All presented by renowned researchers. Clearly a must have for every project management researcher.' Reinhard Wagner, IPMA Vice President for Research 'Project Management is an interdisciplinary discipline that adopts and integrates theories and practices from organization management/behavioral science and oper



Book Information
ISBN 9781409448808
Author Beverly Pasian
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 1116g