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Foreword x
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
List of Figures xvi
Glossary of Abbreviations xvii
Introduction 1
Why it is important to learn and understand learning within projects 2
Developing a project learning libido 7
Important methodological and contextual information concerning the contents of this book 8
The structure of this book 15
Conceptualizing Learning Within a Project 17
Organizational perspectives on learning 17
The cognitive perspective of OL 20
The behavioural perspective of OL 21
The sociological perspective of OL 21
The relationship of OL to individual learning 23
The cognitive dimension of learning 25
The situated dimension of learning 30
Situated learning theory 30
Communities of practice 35
Why focus on the situated dimension of learning for cultivating learning within projects? 42
Sociological Perspectives and Learning in Projects 45
A view from within the field 46
A view from outside the field 52
Concept of aproject team from a learning perspective 56
The pentagon of project situated learning behaviour 63
Cognitive Style 66
The theory of cognitive styles 67
How does cognitive style relate to learning style? 69
The methods of understanding cognitive styles 71
Cognitive styles assessment in the project team case study 80
How did the cognitive styles of project participants in this project case impact their situated learning behaviours? 84
The match/mismatch of cognitive style to project information-processing demands 85
Participants individually and collectively selecting situations which align with their cognitive style 86
Predominance of a particular cognitive style type across a team 88
Summary 90
Learning Relationships and Pyramid of Authority 93
Learning relationships 94
The importance of understanding the learning relationships 94
How did the learning relationships exhibited in this project case, impact participants' situated learning behaviours? 97
Pyramid of authority 108
What is a pyramid of authority? 108
The importance of managing politics for learning in projects 110
How did the pyramids of authority of project participants in this project case impact their situated learning behaviours? 115
Summary 132
Knowledge Management and Situational Context 136
Knowledge management 137
Managing knowledge flow in projects 137
How did the project participants' knowledge management approaches impact their situated learning behaviours in this case study project team? 143
Situational context 149
Situational context and situated learning 149
How did the situational context of this project case impact the situated learning behaviours of project participants? 151
Summary 164
The Project Learning Opportunity: Where to Now? 167
A summary of the key issues for project learning 167
The conceptual issues 168
The methodological issues 173
Limitations of this study and recommendations for future research 175
Some questions to further stimulate your thinking on this topic 177
Summary 178
References 181
Index 198
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