Publications
Resources on our work and research
Our books
current and upcoming
Organizaciones Humanas
Spanish version, November 2024
For the Spanish edition, we have decided to title the book Human Organizations: The Path to Distributed Power to faithfully capture the essence of the work, which is the creation of a systemic model based on Teal philosophy and new ways of organizing and leading. The purpose of our Distributed Power model—explained in detail in this book—is to offer concrete options to organizations that seek and wish to adapt to the new realities facing the world and the true needs of the people within them.
Para la edición en español hemos decidido titular el libro como “Organizaciones Humanas: El camino del Poder Distribuido”, a fin de recoger fielmente la esencia de la obra que es la creación de un modelo sistémico basado en la filosofía Teal y en nuevas formas de organizar y liderar. El propósito de nuestro modelo del Poder Distribuido -que se explica en detalle en este libro- es de ofrecer opciones concretas a las organizaciones que buscan y desean ajustarse a la nueva realidad que enfrenta el mundo y las verdaderas necesidades de las personas que las integran.
Teal Trust Transparency
First English version, May 2023
How do we design human and sustainable organizations? Alicia and Rolf Medina both have extensive experience of working in organizations. Based on a multi-year research project, they have developed a model called DP- model (Distributed Power) for creating progressive forms of organization based on trust, openness and equality.
The DP model strives to support leadership teams to create more human organizations. It is based on a systemic approach and a new way of shaping organizations that are not based on hierarchies of power. A central point is self-organization of work where people are given the freedom to use their skills and potential.
Teal Tillit Transparens
1st Edition in Swedish, September 2021
How do we design human and sustainable organizations? Alicia and Rolf Medina both have extensive experience of working in organizations. Based on a multi-year research project, they have developed a model called DP- model (Distributed Power) for creating progressive forms of organization based on trust, openness and equality.
The DP model strives to support leadership teams to create more human organizations. It is based on a systemic approach and a new way of shaping organizations that are not based on hierarchies of power. A central point is self-organization of work where people are given the freedom to use their skills and potential.
Teal. Tillit. Transparens. contains concrete examples, practical tools and guidance for how the DP model can be used to support leadership and improve organizing. It is a book for everyone who is part of an organization and who wants to start or continue the journey towards a new way of organizing work.
Managing Project Competence
The Lemon and the Loop
1st Edition, January 2018
This book describes how we as individuals, as well as organizations, can be efficient in the development and utilization of competence. It takes two perspectives of competence and connects them in a project-intensive and knowledge-intensive context. The first perspective is the “Lemon,” which focuses on individual competence and the role of organizational culture. The Lemon framework takes the concept of competence based on knowledge and experience and explains how a person can apply knowledge and experience to different contexts. It changes the concept of competence from being static to being agile and dynamic.
Ethics and Governance in Project Management
Small Sins Allowed and the Line of Impunity
1st Edition
This book shows executive, project, program, and portfolio managers how ethical behavior can ensure that an organization has proper governance. Improper governance and unethical behavior have led to such well-known financial disasters as Enron and Madoff Investments. The book arms managers with two important tools: Small Sins Allowed (SSA) and Line of Impunity (LoI), which together can be the foundation for renewed and vigorous corporate governance. SSA is a powerful tool that helps managers establish a level above which adherence to ethical standards is expected. LoI aids managers in identifying ethical fault lines that may exist in a company and helps to keep unethical behavior in check.
Scientific publications
Our scientific publications are in the field or organizational studies, new ways of organizing, competence management, learning and leadership.
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Medina,A.; Lopez, E; Medina, R (2020)
“The Unethical Managerial Behaviours and Abusive Use of Power in Downwards Vertical Workplace Bullying: A Phenomenological Case Study” |
Social Sciences. 2020, 9, 110; doi:10.3390/socsci9060110
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Published 2020 Issue 6, Volume 9, doi:10.3390/so csci9060110
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USBE |
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Medina,A.; Lopez, E; Medina, R (2019)
‘The unethical managerial behaviours and abusive use of power in downwards vertical workspace bullying. A phenomenologist case study‘ |
EURAM 2019, 2019, 26th-28th June, Lisbon, Portugal
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Presented June 2019
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USBE
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Medina, R. & Medina, A. (2018),
‘Managing Project Competence: The Lemon and the Loop ‘ |
Taylor Francis Inc, United States Series: Best Practices and Advances in Program Management
Book |
Published January 2018
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USBE
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Medina, R. & Medina, A. (2018),
‘The Linkage between Learning Capabilities and Innovative Capacity a Case Study ‘ |
Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics
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Published 2018 Issue 1, Volume 10, 125-142
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USBE
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Medina, R. & Medina, A. (2017),
‘Managing competence and learning in knowledge-intensive, project-intensive organizations: A case study of a public organization ‘ |
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
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Published 2017 Issue 3, 505- 526
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USBE
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Medina, A; Jurburg, D, Ruibal, C (2017),
‘Introducing a new framework for education in engineering based on the competence loop and Bloom’s updated taxonomy: Learnings from a longitudinal study ‘ |
REES 2017 – Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2017, 6-8 July, Bogota, Colombia
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Presented July 2017 Preceding in Scopus
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USBE
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Medina, R. & Medina, A. (2017),
‘Competence management in knowledgeintensive, project-intensive organizations ‘ |
GIKA (Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy) 2017, 2017, 27-29 June, Lisbon, Portugal
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Presented June 2017
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USBE
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Medina, R. & Medina, A. (2017),
‘The linkage between learning capabilities and innovative capacity ‘- A case study |
EURAM 2017, 2017, 3th-5th June, Glasgow, UK
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Presented June 2017
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USBE
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Lopez, E., & Medina, A (2016)
‘Ethics and Governance in Project Management: Small Sins Allowed and the Line of Impunity ‘ |
Taylor Francis Inc, United States . Series: Best Practices and Advances in Program Management
Book |
Published March 2016
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USBE
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Medina. R., (2016)
‘Competence management in knowledge-intensive, project-intensive organisations’ |
Doctoral thesis, SKEMA Business School, France
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Submitted November 2015, defended in February 2016
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SKEMA
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Lopez, E., & Medina, A. (2015),
‘Influence of ethical behaviors in corporate governance ‘ |
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
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Published 2015 Vol. 8 Issue: 3, pp.586- 611, https://do i.org/10.1108/I JMPB-02-2015- 0021
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USBE
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Medina, R. & Medina, A. (2015), ‘The competence loop – Competence Management in Knowledge-Intensive, Project- Intensive Organizations’
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International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
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Published 2015 Volume:8, issue:2,.279 – 299
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USBE
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Medina. A & Francis, A. (2014),
‘What are the characteristics that software development project team members associate with a good project manager?’ |
Project Management Journal
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Published 2015
Issue: 46(5) DOI: 10.1002/pmj.2 1530 |
USBE
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Medina, R. & Medina, A. (2014),
‘The project manager and the organisation’s long-term competence goal’. |
International Journal of Project Management
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Published 2014 Volume 32, Issue 8, 1459– 1470
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USBE
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Medina, A., Müller, R., Turner, R. (2014),
‘Investigating the factors that cause the struggles that project managers and functional managers have in matrix organizations” |
EURAM 2014, 2014, 3th-5th June, Valencia, Spain
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Presented June 2014
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USBE
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Medina. A., (2013).
‘Investigating the factors that affect the struggles that projects managers and functional managers have in matrix organizations, and the consequences thereof’. |
Doctoral thesis, SKEMA Business School, France.
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Submitted December 2012, defended in March 2013
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SKEMA
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Medina, R. & Medina, A. (2012),
‘An explorative study about: The Project Manager’s degree of Involvement In competence management In Swedish projectoriented organisations and Its Impact on the organisation’s long-term competence goal’. |
EURAM 2012, 2012, 6th – 8th June, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Presented June 2012
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SKEMA
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Medina, A., Müller, R., & Bredillet, C. (2011),
‘The unresolved struggles between Project Managers and Functional Managers in Matrix Organizations’. |
EURAM 2011, 2011, 2nd-4th June, Tallinn, Estonia.
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Presented June 2011
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SKEMA
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