While research recognises that strategic learning from projects helps build organisation-wide knowledge capabilities, learning from projects still remains fragmented and is often prematurely discontinued. Although research demonstrated that persisting tensions affect project-based organising, little is known about specific tensions affecting strategic learning from projects. A single, in-depth case study in a multinational food processing and packaging corporation is used to explore paradoxical tensions affecting strategic learning from projects. The study uncovered three persisting learning tensions: project/organisational identity, short-/long-term-orientation and standardisation/flexibility. Seven strategies are proposed, supported by the empirical data, to respond to these tensions.

虽然研究认识到，从项目中学习战略有助于建立组织范围内的知识能力，但从项目中学习仍然是零散的，而且经常过早停止。尽管研究表明持续的压力会影响基于项目的组织，但对于影响从项目中进行战略学习的具体压力知之甚少。对一家跨国食品加工和包装公司的单一、深入的案例研究被用来探索影响从项目中战略学习的矛盾张力。该研究揭示了三种持续存在的学习压力：项目/组织身份、短期/长期导向和标准化/灵活性。在经验数据的支持下，提出了七种策略来应对这些紧张局势。