CITPI researcher contributes to rethinkIMPACTS 2017-publication on project research
The European Capital of Culture, Aarhus 2017, shows interesting prospects for research on project value creation
Hansen and Laursen have published the following paper: Louise Ejgod Hansen , Markus Laursen , (2015) "From applicant to designated European Capital of Culture", International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Vol. 8 Iss: 4, pp.715 - 731. Doi: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJMPB-01-2015-0009
The paper belongs a special issue on ‘Organizing cultural projects’ in the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business.
Abstract for the paper:
Purpose
- The purpose of this paper is to investigate the management challenges related to the transition from the application phase to the delivery phase of the project of being a European Capital of Culture (ECoC).
- Design/methodology/approach
- Case study based on qualitative research interviews with the management team, combined with existing research on ECoC and documents on the Aarhus 2017 project.
- Findings
- The first main finding is that the challenges are caused by the way in which the transition from applicant to designated ECoC includes a change in management, shifting from a project to a programme structure and change in organisation. The second main finding is that stakeholder management in relation to politicians and cultural agents is challenged by a high level of ownership and expectation.
- Research limitations/implications
- The study focuses on just one case and one phase of the project.
- Practical implications
- Consequences for the way ECoC are managed and the programme organised could be drawn from this.
- Originality/value
- The originality of the work is in that it studies this very critical phase in the project’s life-cycle in great detail, and focuses specifically on the management of ECoC.