讲座题目：Optimal Level of Project Planning:Myth or Reality？  

讲座时间：2016年6月2日 14:00-16：00
讲座地点：12BET沙河校区2号楼308教室

报告人：Dr. Thomas G. Lechler
Professor

Director for Technology Management Ph.D. Program and AE Programs

报告人简介：
Dr. Thomas Lechler is an Associate Professor at the Howe School, Stevens Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the early development stages of new ventures and the success factors of project management to understand the dynamics and interactions between decisions, structures, and behaviors on innovation success.

报告摘要：

Despite significant evidence about the value of planning and control in delivering successful projects, some executives, project managers and even researchers sometimes question the value of investing significant time and resources into the planning and control function. Our findings suggest that planning, even taken to an extreme, has a positive influence on project outcomes while insufficient planning is always associated with negative project outcomes. These results add to earlier research that suggests it is the act of planning that improves the success of project outcomes rather than the quality of the plan artifact and provides empirical evidence supporting the practice approach to project management; where planning is a form of situated rather than deliberative action.

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