{
  "title": "Continue or stop a project: what should you reassess with your manager?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/poursuivre-ou-arreter-un-projet-que-reexaminer-avec-son-manager-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-07-05",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A project that has already proved costly is not necessarily one worth continuing. Research suggests separating the defence of a past decision from the assessment of the next expenditure.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Building an Effective Relationship with Your Manager",
  "place": {
    "name": "Zurich",
    "region": "Zurich",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Barry M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The weight of what has already been invested",
      "point": "Hal R."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The hasty conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that a project should be stopped as soon as its results disappoint; these studies do not justify that rule."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What these studies cannot prescribe",
      "point": "These experiments do not directly measure how a conversation between an employee and their manager affects the termination of a real project."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Zurich",
      "point": "In Zurich's financial services, insurance, tech companies and European headquarters of international groups, the SHR programme “Building an effective relationship with your manager” can turn this distinction into a project review exercise."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Staw",
      "year": "1976",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Performance"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Blumer",
      "year": "1985",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 424,
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  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation-relation-avec-son-manager-zurich",
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    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}