CREATIVITY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Managing the UNEXPECTED AND PERMANENT CHANGE

Authors

  • Sabine Cullmann Université de Strasbourg Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion Pôle Européen de Gestion et d’Economie France

Keywords:

creativity, project management, management of the unknown, knowledge management, management of permanent change

Abstract

Our aim is to analyze the management of the unexpected and the unknown and of permanent change as structural elements of creativity management in projects. To do so, starting from the concept of grounds of creativity (Cohendet et al., 2009, 2010; Co-hendet and Simon, 2011), we identify the key elements of creativity and of creative players in projects. In a hybrid exploration perspective (Thiétart, 2003), we compare these results with four case studies of creative industries and one of a not creative company. The analysis of these case studies enables us to complete our research axes in order to develop a model of creativity management in projects. The essence of our work lies in the identification and description of ephemeral creative teams as a place of creativity in projects, and as a link between the processes of innovation, idea generation, and the management of the unexpected and the unknown and permanent change.

Author Biography

  • Sabine Cullmann, Université de Strasbourg Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion Pôle Européen de Gestion et d’Economie France

    She studied sociology and political sciences in Germany and France and obtained her diploma in 1987. In1999, she completed her studies with the Stanford Executive Program of the University of Stanford in California, USA. In the year 2004, she attained a doctorate in Paris concerning the role of communication as information transfer system in projects of new product development. She is currently preparing her HDR (accreditation to supervise research). In between her diploma and her graduation, she worked first in sociological research and then went on to work in industry. For 16 years, she held responsible positions in different French companies for international markets in project management, marketing, and sales. She is Professor at the Strasbourg University, France, where she developed the post-doctoral training program “Ingénierie de Projets Innovants”. In addition to teaching, research, and administrative responsibilities, she takes an active part in French-German networks in innovation and technology transfer areas. Her research areas are innovation, creativity, project management, and sociology.

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Published

2022-05-20

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2013): The Journal of Modern Project Management

Section

Articles-JMPM

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CREATIVITY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Managing the UNEXPECTED AND PERMANENT CHANGE. (2022). The Journal of Modern Project Management, 1(1). https://journalmodernpm.com/manuscript/index.php/jmpm/article/view/107

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