Projects, flexibility, cross-functional teams, and deadlines are buzzwords in today’s workplaces. Mainstream management rhetoric refers to the ideal ‘project worker’ as competent and knowledgeable, flexible, a team worker, and responsible for staying employable. Projects are the everyday work environment for these individuals.
This thesis addresses human resource management (HRM) in project-based organizations. The aim is to explore the challenges for HRM in project-based organisations and the changes in people management systems to meet these challenges. The thesis consists of a compilation of six papers and an extended summary. The research reported in the thesis is based on a combination of multiple, comparative, and single case studies of project-based organisations. The core case studies have been conducted at Saab Aerosystems, AstraZeneca, Volvo Car Corporation, and Tetra Pak. The results indicate central challenges regarding competence development and career structures, performance review processes and reputation of project workers…
Contents
Chapter 1
HRM in project-based organisations:
introducing the topic and the aim
INTRODUCTION
CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN WORKING LIFE AND HRM
FOCUSING ON HRM AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN PROJECT-BASED
ORGANISATIONS
RESEARCH INTO HRM IN PROJECT-BASED ORGANISATIONS: AN OVERVIEW
THE AIM OF THE THESIS
OUTLINE OF THE THESIS
Chapter 2
The project-based organisation:
definition and characteristics
INTRODUCTION
PROJECTIFICATION AND PROJECT-BASED ORGANISATIONS
DEFINING PROJECT-BASED ORGANISATIONS
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PBO
INTRODUCING HRM IN RESEARCH INTO PROJECT-BASED ORGANISING
Chapter 3
Human resource management:
developments, definitions, and approaches
INTRODUCTION
AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENTS OF HRM
APPROACHES TO HRM
DEFINING HRM
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
CHANGING ROLES IN THE HR ORGANISATION
Chapter 4
Research process and methodology
INTRODUCTION
A QUALITATIVE APPROACH
CASE STUDIES TO COVER CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONS
THE CASES: KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE AND PROJECT-BASED UNITS
THE INTERVIEWS: INTERACTIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
THE RESEARCH PROCESS IN THREE PHASES
Chapter 5
Summary of the papers
INTRODUCTION
PAPER I
PAPER II
PAPER III
PAPER IV
PAPER V
PAPER VI
Chapter 6
Concluding synthesis: Challenges, changes, and capabilities
INTRODUCTION
CHALLENGES FOR HRM IN PROJECT-BASED ORGANISATIONS
CHANGES IN THE PEOPLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF PBOS
PEOPLE CAPABILITY: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR HRM IN PROJECT-
BASED ORGANISATIONS
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE STUDIES
References
Author: Bredin, Karin
Source: Linköping University
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