{
  "title": "A struggling project: when does persistence become a management mistake?",
  "url": "https://shr.swiss/blog/projet-en-difficulte-quand-perseverer-devient-il-une-erreur-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-05-21",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://shr.swiss",
    "address": "184 route de Saint-Julien, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A project may continue because it still holds promise, but also because acknowledging a poor decision has become difficult. Research helps distinguish these two motives without making withdrawal the default.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Complex Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lucerne",
    "region": "Lucerne",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "1. What the literature establishes: responsibility can strengthen commitment",
      "point": "Barry M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "2. A second mechanism: the weight of sunk costs",
      "point": "Hal R."
    },
    {
      "heading": "3. The premature conclusion: stopping is always more rational",
      "point": "These studies do not mean that a struggling project should always be abandoned."
    },
    {
      "heading": "4. The limitations: a demonstrated mechanism is not a diagnosis",
      "point": "These experiments do not reproduce the full complexity of contracts, technical dependencies and enduring working relationships."
    },
    {
      "heading": "5. A practical check in Lucerne",
      "point": "In Lucerne, tourism, hospitality, regional financial services and industrial SMEs form an economy in which many family-run businesses combine short decision paths with strong regional ties."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Staw",
      "year": "1976",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Performance"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Blumer",
      "year": "1985",
      "source": "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 431,
  "image": "https://shr.swiss/img/blog-Training-Complex-Management-Lucerne-projet-en-difficulte-quand-perseverer-devient-il-une-erreur-en.jpg?v=4",
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  },
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}