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Festschrift for Professor Peter W.G. Morris, Ph.D.
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ScienceDirect International Journal of Project Management 31 (2013) 937 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijproman
Festschrift for Professor Peter W.G. Morris, Ph.D.International Journal of Project Management Since publication of the seminal works The Management of Projects (1994) and The Anatomy of Major Projects (1987), few researchers and theorists have had as strong an impact on the development of the project management field, both in research and practice, as Professor Peter W.G. Morris. Professor Morris is retiring from his position as Chair in the Management of Projects at the Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management at University College London. His commitment to the Association for Project Management (APM) and long association with and support of the International Journal of Project Management have had a profound effect on the manner in which project management professionals practice their discipline as well as the theories that researchers use to drive their work. Professor Morris served as the Chairman of the APM from 1992 to 1996 and is currently a Vice President for the organization. In 2006 Dr. Morris was awarded APM's highest honor, the Sir Monty Finniston Award, for a life-time's achievement in project management. This followed PMI's Research Achievement Award, given to him in 2005. In 2009 he was the first recipient of IPMA's Research Achievement Award. Professor Morris's passion for teaching can be found in the programs he created and/or supported through his academic leadership, vision, and ability to attract the talents of unique academicians to his university posts. Prior to his current posting, he established the Centre for Research on the Management of Projects (CRMP) at the University of Manchester. He has also been able to bring his management and extensive consulting experiences with Bovis and INDECO as well as his theoretical insights to light in the classroom and the pages of books and journals. While Dr. Morris's work spans a number of sub-specialties within the project management field, including behavioral and critical success factors in project implementation, work with the bodies of knowledge, his “Management of Projects” paradigm, and his recent work on “Rethinking Project Management,” to name just a few of his foci, his contribution is broad. This special issue seeks papers that address topics that were near and dear to Peter's heart. We believe that the breadth of topics we receive will themselves be a testimony to the way in which his work has influenced so many elements in the project management field. For example, as Professor Morris notes on his academic website, “managing the front-end of projects is 0263-7863/$36.00 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.07.003
key to their success; managing them in relation to their context (environment) is also important, as is managing the technical and commercial issues; and that above all, projects begin and end with people. This is a big canvas on which to work and it provides much scope for research and teaching.” Much of his intellectual compass is explored in his latest book “Reconstructing Project Management” published by WileyBlackwell this spring. It would be appropriate for potential contributors to consult this volume. Appropriate themes for contributions to the special issue include: • • • • • •
The Rethinking Project Management agenda (IJPM 24, 8, 2006) Major projects Project management critical success factors Project strategy and the front end definition of projects Project management knowledge Project management theory, history and philosophy.
Papers should make a substantial contribution to theory in their chosen area of project management research. While empirical papers are welcome if they make a significant contribution to theory, the principal aim of this Festschrift is to advance theoretical debate in the field with a view to its future development. To this end papers from a wide variety of perspectives are invited. Authors of potential papers should submit an extended abstract of at least 2000 words by email to the Guest Editors (see below) by the end of January 2014, and after positive feedback from the editors, full manuscripts should be submitted online at http://ees.elsevier.com/jpma (carefully following the Guide for Authors) by the end of September 2014.
Graham Winch MBS, United Kingdom Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 161 434 6956. [email protected]. Jeffrey Pinto Penn State, United States [email protected].
ScienceDirect International Journal of Project Management 31 (2013) 937 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijproman
Festschrift for Professor Peter W.G. Morris, Ph.D.International Journal of Project Management Since publication of the seminal works The Management of Projects (1994) and The Anatomy of Major Projects (1987), few researchers and theorists have had as strong an impact on the development of the project management field, both in research and practice, as Professor Peter W.G. Morris. Professor Morris is retiring from his position as Chair in the Management of Projects at the Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management at University College London. His commitment to the Association for Project Management (APM) and long association with and support of the International Journal of Project Management have had a profound effect on the manner in which project management professionals practice their discipline as well as the theories that researchers use to drive their work. Professor Morris served as the Chairman of the APM from 1992 to 1996 and is currently a Vice President for the organization. In 2006 Dr. Morris was awarded APM's highest honor, the Sir Monty Finniston Award, for a life-time's achievement in project management. This followed PMI's Research Achievement Award, given to him in 2005. In 2009 he was the first recipient of IPMA's Research Achievement Award. Professor Morris's passion for teaching can be found in the programs he created and/or supported through his academic leadership, vision, and ability to attract the talents of unique academicians to his university posts. Prior to his current posting, he established the Centre for Research on the Management of Projects (CRMP) at the University of Manchester. He has also been able to bring his management and extensive consulting experiences with Bovis and INDECO as well as his theoretical insights to light in the classroom and the pages of books and journals. While Dr. Morris's work spans a number of sub-specialties within the project management field, including behavioral and critical success factors in project implementation, work with the bodies of knowledge, his “Management of Projects” paradigm, and his recent work on “Rethinking Project Management,” to name just a few of his foci, his contribution is broad. This special issue seeks papers that address topics that were near and dear to Peter's heart. We believe that the breadth of topics we receive will themselves be a testimony to the way in which his work has influenced so many elements in the project management field. For example, as Professor Morris notes on his academic website, “managing the front-end of projects is 0263-7863/$36.00 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.07.003
key to their success; managing them in relation to their context (environment) is also important, as is managing the technical and commercial issues; and that above all, projects begin and end with people. This is a big canvas on which to work and it provides much scope for research and teaching.” Much of his intellectual compass is explored in his latest book “Reconstructing Project Management” published by WileyBlackwell this spring. It would be appropriate for potential contributors to consult this volume. Appropriate themes for contributions to the special issue include: • • • • • •
The Rethinking Project Management agenda (IJPM 24, 8, 2006) Major projects Project management critical success factors Project strategy and the front end definition of projects Project management knowledge Project management theory, history and philosophy.
Papers should make a substantial contribution to theory in their chosen area of project management research. While empirical papers are welcome if they make a significant contribution to theory, the principal aim of this Festschrift is to advance theoretical debate in the field with a view to its future development. To this end papers from a wide variety of perspectives are invited. Authors of potential papers should submit an extended abstract of at least 2000 words by email to the Guest Editors (see below) by the end of January 2014, and after positive feedback from the editors, full manuscripts should be submitted online at http://ees.elsevier.com/jpma (carefully following the Guide for Authors) by the end of September 2014.
Graham Winch MBS, United Kingdom Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 161 434 6956. [email protected]. Jeffrey Pinto Penn State, United States [email protected].