Innovating the Practice of Normative Control in Project Management Contractual Relations

Stewart Clegg*, Kjesti Bjørkeng, Tyrone Pitsis

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Abstract

This artivcle begins by considering the institution of contract and approaches to it. It follows this with an analysis of an institutional innovation, the development of alliancing as a specific form of contract premised on a far more normative mode of control than the disciplinary mechanisms of surveillance which have traditionally been seen as more typically associated with conventional contracts. A new way of managing projects is evolving, which is reported in this article. The article also considers some of its advantages as well as some of its disadvantages.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Oxford Handbook of Project Management
PublisherOxford University Press
Volume9780199563142
ISBN (Electronic)9780191724879
ISBN (Print)9780199563142
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 May 2011

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Keywords

  • Alliancing
  • Contractual relations
  • Innovation
  • Normative control
  • Project management
  • Surveillance

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