A good man is hard to find: project management, entrepreneurship and serendipity. Issue 1 (20th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gartner, William B.
• Is Part Of: International journal of managing projects in business. Volume 12:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 114
• Page End: 119
• Publication Date: 2018-11-20
• Subjects: Entrepreneurship -- Project management -- Agency theory; Project management -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 658.404
• DOI: 10.1108/IJMPB-10-2018-0213
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-8378

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this paper commentary is to explore the intersection of project management and entrepreneurship through a poetic exploration of Flannery O'Connor's short story: "A Good Man is Hard to Find." Through the use of the Japanese Haiku format, this commentary probes the nature and meaning of "projects, " the importance of goals and their limitations, the influence of context across time, and the role of agency and circumstance in entrepreneurship as denoted by the idea of serendipity. Design/methodology/approach: Poesis. Findings: Imagination steers the course. Vision sees the possibility; But the mind's eye sees through a distorted lens that is always misfit. So the unplanned path becomes the project. Always; Accidents happen. Originality/value: Project Management: Goals with temporary; Collective action; Entrepreneurship: "Organizing collective Action." Compromise?