A boundary critique of gender in the PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE®

Pamela Buckle Henning, Janice Thomas

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    Abstract

    The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) is a document describing appropriate reasoning styles and behaviour for project managers. As a codified "body of knowledge," it acts as a knowledge system for the profession. This codification is tacitly gendered, privileging masculine cognition and action. We examine how this tacit value system has de-legitimized certain feminine contributions to the profession, leaving them outside its boundaries of recommended practice. This boundary critique advocates on behalf of our emancipatory interests in improving the effectiveness of individual project managers, and the success of the profession itself.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInternational Society for the Systems Sciences - 52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2008
    Pages652-665
    Number of pages14
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    Event52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2008, ISSS 2008 - Madison, WI, United States
    Duration: 13 Jul. 200818 Jul. 2008

    Publication series

    Name52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems ScInternational Society for the Systems Sciences - 52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2008
    Volume2

    Conference

    Conference52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2008, ISSS 2008
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityMadison, WI
    Period13/07/0818/07/08

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