This lecture introduces the basic terminology and tools of project management while we also take a critical stance towards project management and the process of "projectification". Without discarding the value of project management, we will discuss the limits of project management in engaging with societal problems.

Time: 15.15–17.00
Place: 326
Teacher: Anna Hedlund

Have a look at this video: Results-based management

Slides: Intro lecture-Project management and ProjectificationPDF.pdf

Literature

Cicmil, Svetlana, Damian Hodgson, Monica Lindgren, och Johann Packendorff. 2009. “Project Management behind the Façade.” ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization 9(2): 78–92.
Jensen, Anders, Christian Thuesen, and Joana Geraldi. 2016. "The projectification of everything: Projects as a human condition." Project Management Journal 47(3): 21-34.