Project Management in Behavioural Perspective – Cognitive Biases in the Formulation of the Aim of the Project

Kiełczewski Dariusz (), Matel Anna () and Poskrobko Tomasz ()
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Kiełczewski Dariusz: Department of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Bialystok, Poland
Matel Anna: Department of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Bialystok, Poland
Poskrobko Tomasz: Department of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Bialystok, Poland

Engineering Management in Production and Services, 2016, vol. 8, issue 3, 70-78

Abstract: The article contains a behavioural analysis of the aim-formulating stage of the project. The purpose of the article is to point out that in the process of formulating the aim of the project, it comes to such decision-making situations which favour heuristic thinking. The article presents the results of the secondary research. As a result of verified theory, according to which in the process of formulating the aim of the project, the interference in decision-making processes may occur on the part of the heuristics and the resulting cognitive biases.

Keywords: project management; behavioural economics; cognitive bias; aim of the project (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/emj-2016-0025

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