Analyzing Projects Through Practice: A Theoretical Essay
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https://doi.org/10.5585/gep.v7i2.347Keywords:
Project Management. Theodore Schatzki Theories. Practice Theory. Temporary OrganizationsAbstract
Organizations use projects as a way to implement change and to generate new products and / or services. Studies about projects are traditionally systematic and focus on processes, methodologies and tools that are more concerned with technical factors than with practical aspects often neglecting completely the actors involved in the daily activities. Theories of practice are concerned about how the practices are forged in an individual and social context. This theoretical essay explores this gap and provides theoretical reflection of the practices in projects presenting an analysis with the lens of the practical theories of how the practices are formed in projects and how they are perpetuated through one of the most important and recent social theories: Theodore Schatzki theories. It is concluded that projects to be temporary, are rich sources of innovative practices, but have complex ways of organizing and perpetuating their daily practices.
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