Bridging change and project management: A review and future research directions

Elina Jääskä, Kirsi Aaltonen, Liina Hellens, Jaakko Kujala
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The fundamental purpose of a project is to implement change, aiming for the transition from an existing state to a desired future state. However, project management studies primarily focus on the design and implementation of the project deliverable and rarely address the management of change needed to achieve the desired future state. This study conducted a systematic literature review to synthesize the existing research on change management within project studies and identify areas of contention and under-researched aspects before proposing an agenda for further research. It addresses the following research question: How is the management of change addressed in project studies? The analysis of prior research reveals six key themes: relationship between change management and project management, change process and factors and factors affecting the change process, change management as a success factor, change resistance, interface with permanent organizations, and change in project-based firms and industries/fields. However, this analysis also highlights the fragmented nature of prior research, emphasizing the need for more conceptual and empirical work to understand the integration of change and project management processes. Integrating change management concepts and tools into project management thinking and vice versa offers opportunities to advance both disciplines.
衔接变革与项目管理:综述与未来研究方向
项目的基本目的是实现变更,旨在从现有状态过渡到期望的未来状态。然而,项目管理研究主要集中在项目可交付成果的设计和实现上,很少涉及实现预期未来状态所需的变更管理。本研究进行了系统的文献综述,以综合项目研究中关于变革管理的现有研究,并在提出进一步研究议程之前确定争论的领域和研究不足的方面。它解决了以下研究问题:如何在项目研究中处理变更管理?对前人研究的分析揭示了六个关键主题:变革管理与项目管理之间的关系、变革过程与因素以及影响变革过程的因素、作为成功因素的变革管理、变革阻力、与永久性组织的接口以及基于项目的公司和行业/领域的变革。然而,这一分析也强调了先前研究的碎片性,强调需要更多的概念性和经验性工作来理解变革和项目管理过程的集成。将变更管理概念和工具集成到项目管理思想中,反之亦然,提供了推进这两个学科的机会。
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