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ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES, SITUATED LEARNING AND PROCESSES OF CHANGE IN PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
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Project Management Journal
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September 1, 2005
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ABSTRACT
Understanding and effecting change in project-based forms of organization is made difficult by the dispersed nature of management practices in such organizations and their effects upon the reinforcement of localized practices and routines that militate against the spread of organi
zation-wide change initiatives. Taking a perspective that is informed by the "situated" approach to knowledge and learning (Lave & Wenger, 1991), this paper focuses upon the role of organizational routines (Becker, 2004) in constraining or enabling the spread of new management practices within the firm. Drawing upon four case studies of change within UK construction firms, the paper examines the ...
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