THE RELATIONSHIP OF CONTROL AND LEARNING TO PROJECT PERFORMANCE
Management controls can be divided into two types that can have opposite effects on organizational learning: behavioral controls, which promote efficiency but also stifle much of the learning opportunity, and outcome controls, which foster interaction among stakeholders can add to the
learning environment. This article reports on a study that confirms these observations and explores the nature of their direct and indirect influences on project performance. Data from a sample of software development professionals confirms that behavioral controls and learning directly influence
project performance, while outcome controls contribute only indirectly through their impact on learning.
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Information Systems Department, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 2: University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
Publication date: 01 March 2006
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