Browse our Free Essay examples and check out our Writing tools to get your assignments done.
Task 4: Learning
How does literature look at learning in a project context? What is it that promotes learning and what factors help to inhibit learning in a project context? Discuss how to put in practice opportunities for reflection and learning in projects.
References
Mäkilouko, M. (2004). Coping with multicultural projects: the leadership styles of Finnish project managers. International Journal of Project Management, 22(5), 387-396.
McDonough III, e. f. & f. c. Spital (2003): Managing project portfolios, Research Technology Management 46 (3): 40-46.
Perminova, o., m. Gustafsson and k. Wikström (2009): Defining uncertainty in projects-a new perspective, International Journal of Project Management, 26:73-79.
Prencipe, a. & f. Count (2001): Inter-project learning: processes and outcomes of knowledge codification in project-based firms, Research Policy, 30:1373-1394.
Prencipe, A., & Tell, F. (2001). Inter-project learning: processes and outcomes of knowledge codification in project-based firms. Research Policy, 30(9), 1373-1394.
Project Management: Learning
Name
Institution/Affiliation
Date
1.0 Introduction
Individuals and organizations acquire project management knowledge and skills through experience (McDonough & Spital, 2003). Learning in project management involves the acquisition of more knowledge derived from how organizations carry out their operations as well as through customer relations. Among Norwegian organizations project management is related to organizational learning; therefore, individuals and organizations tend to manage knowledge so that to support learning. Buckley & Jakovljevic (2013) asserts that learning provides knowledge in a project context. The acquired knowledge is therefore managed so that to enhance performance levels and service delivery through the provision of extensions and maintenance of knowledge assets. Learning is an essential component in project management where knowledge is created, updated, shared and used to support a proactively managed organization. Learning involves the conversion of experience and organizational insight into useful knowledge that is used in managing projects. Several pieces of literature have focused on learning regarding what promotes and challenges the acquisition of knowledge in a project context.
2.0 Learning in a project context
According to Terzieva and Morabito (2016, p.3), a project is defined "as the temporary effort that creates a unique product or service, and has clearly defined starting and ending dates, a specific scope of work to be performed, a budget, and a specified level of performance to be achieved.” As per this definition, it is apparent that every project undertaken by an organization or an individual provides an opportunity for learning to leading to knowledge acquisition through the element of experience. The methods used in project management usually define action, templates, process or standard project phases and are replicated across different projects. Individuals and organizations can learn from project management through the documentation of costs, quality requirements, time, resources, and so on. Therefore, the experience involved in the different processes of project management makes it easy for either an individual or an organization to learn and acquire knowledge.
Makilouko (2004) opines that the need to learn in a project context has underlined the importance and the necessity of individuals and organization creating mechanisms for efficient use of acquired knowledge. In Norway to attain maximum success in project management, it is a requirement that the stakeholders involved in a project can learn as a way of acquiring the required amount of knowledge. The...
