{
  "title": "Change management: when should a project be stopped?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/conduite-du-changement-quand-faut-il-arreter-un-projet-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-11-13",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Persisting with a transformation is not always evidence of sound judgement. Research invites us to distinguish reasons for continuing from the need to justify what has already been invested.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Change Leadership",
  "place": {
    "name": "Sion",
    "region": "Valais",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Barry M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The weight of sunk costs",
      "point": "Hal R."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that a disappointing project should be stopped quickly."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot settle",
      "point": "These classic studies do not constitute an evaluation of transformations undertaken by organisations in Sion."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Sion",
      "point": "Within SHR's change management programme, a proposed exercise in Sion can focus on a project connected with hydropower, healthcare, viticulture or Alpine tourism."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Staw",
      "year": "1976",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Performance"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Blumer",
      "year": "1985",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 367,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-Training-Change-Leadership-Sion-conduite-du-changement-quand-faut-il-arreter-un-projet-en.jpg?v=4",
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    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/conduite-du-changement-quand-faut-il-arreter-un-projet-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/conduite-du-changement/sion",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/sion",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}