ABSTRACT Purpose: The objective of this work is to understand how teaching and learning in project management happens and what their challenges are. Design/methodology/approach: To achieve this objective, we developed a Systematic Literature Review about teaching and learning in project management. Initially, we found 667 works. After reading the title, we selected 150 works for a full reading. 120 were suitable for the proposed objective. Findings: We found five categories: (1) learning; (2) teaching; (3) education; (4) skills; and (5) knowledge. Originality/value: We observed that there are gaps in the studies dealing with these themes concerning project management. Topics such as management of learning processes, the relationship between learning in educational institutions and organizational environments, the impact of informal learning, experiential learning, comparison of serious games and simulations with other learning methods, serous games in projects, hard skills, and soft skills, are still not widely published in academic journals on project management.

RESUMO Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho é compreender como acontece o ensino e a aprendizagem em gerenciamento de projetos e quais são seus desafios. Desenho/metodologia/abordagem: Para atingir esse objetivo, desenvolvemos uma Revisão Sistemática da Literatura sobre ensino e aprendizagem em gerenciamento de projetos. Inicialmente, encontramos 667 trabalhos. Após a leitura do título, selecionamos 150 obras para leitura completa. 120 eram adequados ao objetivo proposto. Constatações: Encontramos cinco categorias: (1) aprendizagem; (2) ensino; (3) educação; (4) habilidades; e (5) conhecimento. Originalidade/valor: Observamos que existem lacunas nos estudos que tratam desses temas no que diz respeito ao gerenciamento de projetos. Tópicos como gestão de processos de aprendizagem, relação entre aprendizagem em instituições de ensino e ambientes organizacionais, impacto da aprendizagem informal, aprendizagem experiencial, comparação de jogos sérios e simulações com outros métodos de aprendizagem, jogos sérios em projetos, hard skills e soft skills, ainda não são amplamente publicados em revistas acadêmicas sobre gerenciamento de projetos.

RESUMO Examinamos a pesquisa existente nas Escolas de Negócios (EN) na tentativa de entender as influências estruturais e intelectuais na pesquisa convencional, bem como a evolução e as tendências da pesquisa. Por meio de um estudo bibliométrico de cocitação e pareamento bibliográfico, apoiado em análises fatoriais e de rede, de uma amostra de 493 artigos, examinamos 76 artigos selecionados e suas referências. Os resultados indicam que as críticas feitas às EN influenciaram os trabalhos principais. Encontramos três fontes principais de críticas no nível intelectual: Lacuna entre Teoria e Prática, Relevância Social e Currículos e Prática. Nos principais trabalhos identificamos seis tópicos diferentes: Relevância da EN, Relevância do Ensino, Relevância para a Prática, Relevância do Curriculo, Evolução e Influência da EN, e Reputação. Através de nossa pesquisa bibliométrica, contribuímos para a pesquisa das EN de duas maneiras. Permitiu a identificação de trabalhos e temas que influenciaram as reflexões nas EN, pois influenciaram a pesquisa em andamento e, consequentemente, as tendências da pesquisa. Além disso, os resultados servem como orientações possíveis para os gerentes da EN.

ABSTRACT We examined the extant research on Business Schools (B-Schools) in an attempt to understand the intellectual structural influences in mainstream research, as well as the evolution and trends in research. Through a bibliometric study of co-citation and bibliographic coupling, supported by factor and network analyses of a sample of 493 articles, we examined 76 selected articles and their references. The results indicate that critiques of B-Schools influenced mainstream works. We found three primary sources of criticism at the intellectual level: Theory and Practice Gap, Social Relevance, and Curricula and Practice. The mainstream works identified six different topics: B-School Relevance, Teaching Relevance, Relevance to Practice, Curricula Relevance, B-School Evolution, and Influence, and Reputation. The longitudinal analysis identified four trends: Relevance to Practice, Social Relevance, Academic-Practitioner Divide, and Teaching Relevance. Through our bibliometric research, we contribute to the B-Schools research in two ways. It enabled the identification of works and themes that influenced reflections on B-Schools, as they influenced the ongoing research, and consequently, the research trends. Furthermore, the results serve as possible orientations for B-School managers.

ABSTRACT We examined how scholars decide what they study, scrutinizing researchers’ problem choice. We qualitatively analyzed a survey conducted by e-mail with 40 top management scholars on organizational decline in top-ranked journals. This topic appears to be neglected despite the real life evidence that the performance of firms is declining at an increasingly rapid pace. We conducted a content analysis of motivation to undertake, remain with, or abandon research. We found explanations for what researchers’ study specifically related to concerns over tenure and promotion, difficulty in conducting research, and the general unattractiveness of ‘negative’ themes that lead scholars to avoid a research topic. We contribute to studies on problem choice in management research by explaining why relevant economic and societal research agendas are under-researched. Our findings indicate that motivation not to undertake is related to extrinsic factors. Motivations to remain are usually intrinsic. However, motivations to abandon may be intrinsic, in order to move on to another research project, or extrinsic, depending on the situation. It also serves as a warning that scholars may be paying excessive attention to mainstream theoretical approaches and topics, inhibiting the emergence of new ideas and detracting attention from phenomena that are important for teaching.