Generative action and preference reversal in exploratory project management

Authors

  • Mario Le Glatin MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CGS - Centre de gestion scientifique, i3 UMR CNRS, 60 Bd St Michel 75006 Paris, France
  • Pascal Le Masson MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CGS - Centre de gestion scientifique, i3 UMR CNRS, 60 Bd St Michel 75006 Paris, France
  • Benoît Weil MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CGS - Centre de gestion scientifique, i3 UMR CNRS, 60 Bd St Michel 75006 Paris, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2017.539

Keywords:

decision, design, project, innovation, preferences reversal, ambidexterity

Abstract

Organisations trying to innovate, despite being naturally encouraged to use project management and associated rational theories of choice, will necessarily experiment in some way or another due to the high levels of uncertainty and the unknown to be discovered. Exploratory project management may face situations requiring a constant reconfiguration of beliefs and hypotheses as a reaction to external factors. In this paper, we propose to discuss the existence of a generative rationality breaking away from classical decision theory by deliberately reversing preferences and designing decisions.

Author Biography

Mario Le Glatin, MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CGS - Centre de gestion scientifique, i3 UMR CNRS, 60 Bd St Michel 75006 Paris, France

Phd Candidate 3rd year

MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CGS - Centre de gestion scientifique, i3 UMR CNRS, 60 Bd St Michel 75006 Paris, France

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Published

2017-12-22

How to Cite

Le Glatin, M., Le Masson, P., & Weil, B. (2017). Generative action and preference reversal in exploratory project management. CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, 1(2), 39. https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2017.539

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2017): Special Issue: "Experiments in an organizational context"

Section

Original Articles

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