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    Temporary Organising and the Implementation of Large-Scale Projects: A Multiple Case Study.


    Finnegan, Harriet (2025) Temporary Organising and the Implementation of Large-Scale Projects: A Multiple Case Study. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth;.

    Abstract

    This thesis examines the relationship between temporary organising and institutional logics in large-scale project implementation, focusing on two cases: The Irish Rural Electrification Scheme, and Ireland’s National Electronic Health Record Programme. It analyses implementation processes in each case to understand how temporary organising interacts with prevailing institutional logics. Using a multiple case study design and a qualitative methodology, the research explores the complexities and dynamics of temporary organising. Based on insights from the two cases, it develops a novel categorisation of the temporary organising/institutional logic relationship as: Embedded, Constellated, or Decoupled, and identifies four key categories of implementation processes as: Compliance, Competence Building, Collaboration, and Cost (the 4Cs). The findings offer both theoretical contributions, advancing understanding of how temporary organising shapes and is shaped by institutional logics, and practical guidance for managing complex, time-bound projects across instances of temporary organising.
    Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
    Keywords: Temporary Organising; Implementation; Large-Scale Projects; Multiple Case Study;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
    Item ID: 21202
    Depositing User: IR eTheses
    Date Deposited: 19 Feb 2026 11:34
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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