Prof. Dr. Patrick Lehner

Work at ZHAW

Position

Professor & Head of Center Organizational Design & Processes

Projects

• New models of cooperation for a nationwide healthcare platform / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• New edition and translation myStudybox / Team member / ongoing
• Build-Your-Own DAO – Designing and Implementing a Decentralized Autonomous Organization / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Spychiger, F. et al. (2023) 'Organizing projects with blockchain through a decentralized autonomous organization', Project Leadership and Society, 4(100102). doi: 10.1016/j.plas.2023.100102.
• Lechler, R. C. et al. (2022) 'The project-oriented organisation through the lens of viable systems', Project Leadership and Society, 3(100072). doi: 10.1016/j.plas.2022.100072.
• Lehner, P. and Gemünden, H. G. (2018) 'Eine projektorientierte Organisation entwickeln : die zentrale Rolle der Promotoren', Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 87(5), pp. 300–305.
• Gemünden, H. G., Lehner, P. and Kock, A. (2018) 'The project-oriented organization and its contribution to innovation', International Journal of Project Management, 36(1), pp. 147–160. doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.07.009.
• Lehner, P. (2012) 'Fallstudie - Multiprojektmanagement in der Praxis : eine evolutionäre Weiterentwicklung hat sich bewährt', Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 81(1), pp. 17–22.
• Lehner, P. (2011) 'Eintauchen in die Welt des Multiprojektmanagements : Konferenz zur 5. Benchmarking-Studie der ZHAW School of Management', Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 80(4), pp. 351–353.

Books, peer-reviewed

Lehner, P. (2018) Promotoren und Kompetenzen projektorientierter Organisationen : ein empirie- und theoriebasiertes Modell. Doctoral dissertation. Technische Universität Berlin. doi: 10.14279/depositonce-6624.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Lechler, R. C., Huemann, M. and Lehner, P. (2024) 'Design Thinking in projects', in Huemann, M. and Turner, R. (eds) The Handbook of Project Management. London: Taylor & Francis.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Martignoni, J. et al. (2023) 'Decentralizing project management by a DAO : a first attempt', in 23rd EURAM Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 14-16 June 2023.
• Martin, J. and Lehner, P. (2022) 'Towards a viable buyer-supplier relationship framework : sub-layers and environmental dynamics', in 29th International Annual EurOMA Conference, Berlin, Germany, 1-6 July 2022.
• Lechler, R. et al. (2022) 'Viable and project-oriented organizations : enriching organizations with characteristics based on Stafford Beer's viable systems model', in 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.
• Kock, A., Lehner, P. and Gemünden, H. (2021) 'The project-oriented organisation : an empirical investigation of its impact on performance through driving promotors', in 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (online), 16-18 June 2021.
• Lehner, P., Martignoni, J. and Gemünden, H. G. (2020) 'Promotors : necessary drivers of viable, project-oriented organizations', in 20th EURAM Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 4-6 December 2020.

Other publications

• Hettrich, B. et al. (2025) 'Transformation des Projektportfoliomanagements', Projektmanagement aktuell, 36(5), pp. 27–32.
• Lechler, R., Isler, S. and Lehner, P. (2024) 'Empowering change : innovating assessment tools for project management evolution exploring the intersection of research and practice', in 13th Project Management Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 23 September 2024.
• Bechtel, J. et al. (2023) 'Zukunftsfähige Projektportfolios : wie Top-Performer ökonomische, ökologische und soziale Anforderungen in Einklang bringen', Projektmanagement aktuell, 34(4), pp. 30–35. doi: 10.24053/PM-2023-0071.
• Kaufmann, C. et al. (2021) 'Triple-A PPM : agiles, adaptives und ambidexteres Projektportfoliomanagement fördert den Erfolg - gerade in Zeiten von Umbruch und Turbulenz : Ergebnisse der 9. MPM-Benchmarking-Studie', Projektmanagement aktuell, 32(5), pp. 51–58. doi: 10.24053/PM-2021-0094.
• Lehner, P. (2017) 'Projektorientierte Organisationen und ihre Promotoren', in Tagungsband zum 3. Research Colloquium : SML-Doktoranden-Community. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, pp. 15–17.
• Gemuenden, H. G., Lehner, P. and Kock, A. (2017) 'Innovation durch projektorientierte Unternehmensführung', DOAG - SOUG News, 2017(2), pp. 5–8.
• Lehner, P. and Ruf, C. (2011) Key Messages der Konferenz zur 5. Multiprojektmanagement-Studie. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-975.
• Lehner, P. (2008) 'Erfolgsfaktor Projektmanagement', Scorecard - das Themenmagazin für Führungskräfte, 2008(Juni), p. 17.
• Lehner, P. (1997) 'Beurteilung von Dienstleistungsofferten', Schweizer Gemeinde, 1997(7), p. 26.

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