Learning Between Projects: An Accomplishment of Social-Material Practices in Projects

Andreas Hartmann

Learning Between Projects: An Accomplishment of Social-Material Practices in Projects

Andreas Hartmann^*

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Abstract

The one-off nature of projects represents both a source for creating new knowledge and a barrier to continuously improving organisational routines. The temporary configuration of task-dependent resources appears to stimulate learning within projects but limits the dissemination of this learning between projects and the broader organisation. This paradoxical learning potential of projects has attracted much attention in the literature. However, learning from and between projects is still predominantly seen as the inflow and outflow of knowledge possessed by individuals or stored in databases or documents. Such a narrow view of project-based learning neglects the social-material complexity of project practices. In this paper, the argument is put forward that learning between projects is foremost an accomplishment of social-material practices in the context of projects. By adopting a practice theory lens and based on an illustrative case of railway viaduct construction, we will show how cross-project learning trajectories emerge from the social-material practices in projects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 39th Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2023, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Editors	A. Tutesigensi, C.J. Neilson
Publisher	Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM)
Pages	599-608
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9955463-7-0
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	39th Annual ARCOM Conference 2023: Constructing for the Future - University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Sept 2023 → 6 Sept 2023 Conference number: 39 https://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/conf/ARCOM-2023_Call-for-Papers.pdf https://www.arcom.ac.uk/

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Conference	39th Annual ARCOM Conference 2023
Abbreviated title	ARCOM
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Leeds
Period	4/09/23 → 6/09/23
Internet address	https://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/conf/ARCOM-2023_Call-for-Papers.pdf https://www.arcom.ac.uk/

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Project-based Learning (PBL)
Socio-materiality

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Hartmann, A 2023, Learning Between Projects: An Accomplishment of Social-Material Practices in Projects. in A Tutesigensi & CJ Neilson (eds), Proceedings of the 39th Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2023, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), pp. 599-608, 39th Annual ARCOM Conference 2023, Leeds, United Kingdom, 4/09/23.

Learning Between Projects: An Accomplishment of Social-Material Practices in Projects. / Hartmann, Andreas.
Proceedings of the 39th Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2023, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. ed. / A. Tutesigensi; C.J. Neilson. Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), 2023. p. 599-608.

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