Title: Time: one factor influencing the project management of change

Authors: Kaye Remington, Anders Soderholm

Addresses: University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia. ' Mid Sweden University, SE-851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden

Abstract: Using the concept of |time| as a lens, this paper explores an organisational change project in order to compare different world views that might affect project delivery. Observations which have time as a central element in their construction are reported from a case study involving action research. The paper explores some apparent dissonances observed around the social experience of time: future and past orientation; organisational and professional and personal constructs; |clock time| or chronos, in comparison with the qualitative time concept, kairos. Recommendations are made with respect to time for management of change as a project.

Keywords: time; project management; organisational change; personal constructs; social constructs; change management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2010.035583

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2010 Vol.2 No.3, pp.221 - 235

Published online: 30 Sep 2010 *

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