Theories for classification vs. classification as theory: Implications of classification and typology for the development of project management theories

摘要

Although ordering and classification schemes play a crucial role in the project management field, classification as a topic of study has been undervalued in the literature. Accordingly, there is a semantic confusion and lack of uniformity about the definitions and theoretical implications of two commonly used terms in project management: classification and typology. We argue that this issue hinders project management field from developing middle-range theories and flourishing theoretically compared to other fields of research.