What di;erent types of solutions have developed in project-based ;rms that rely extensively on interdisciplinary and co-located project teams?
In Sustaining and Developing Disciplinary Expertise in Project-Based Organizations: Balanced and
Integrated Solutions, authors Cecilia Enberg, PhD,
and Karin Bredin, PhD, explore the implications of
this question by:
■ Drawing on multiple works by experts in the ;eld,
as well as their own previous research
■ Undertaking case studies of three project-based tech companies with di;erent
organizational setups
■ Conducting interviews with both management
and employees with diverse areas of expertise
(including designers, programmers and
testing specialists)
■ Recommending the most e;ective corporate
approaches to developing and maintaining
expertise among specialists in both cross-functional and single-discipline teams
■ O;ering their insight into areas where further
research might be done
Dr. Enberg and Dr. Bredin’s research bridges
organizational management and human resource
management using a framework to analyze both
structural and activity-based solutions for the main-
tenance and development of disciplinary expertise.
Managers, researchers and disciplinary specialists
alike will bene;t from the case studies described
and analyzed within these pages.
Project Management Institute, 2015, ISBN: 9781628250756,
paperback, 176 pages, $23.95 Member, $29.95 Nonmember
Cecilia Enberg, PhD, and Karin Bredin, PhD
Sustaining and Developing Disciplinary
Expertise in Project-Based Organizations:
Balanced and Integrated Solutions
Dr. Enberg and Dr. Bredin’s research bridges
organizational management and human
resource management using a framework
to analyze both structural and activity-based solutions for the maintenance and
development of disciplinary expertise.
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