Umfang:
1 online resource (382 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781412946209
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9781446204832
Inhalt:
With project management becoming an increasingly global endeavour, a comprehensive and international student text that reflects this reality such as this one is essential
Anmerkung:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Snapshots -- List of Minicases -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction to International Project Management -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What is a project? -- 1.3 What is project management? -- 1.4 Who are the main project stakeholders? -- 1.5 What is a program? -- 1.6 Where does project management come from, and where does it go to? -- 1.7 What are the main differences between a 'standard' and an international project? -- 1.8 What are the characteristics of an international project? -- 1.9 What determines the success of international project management? -- 1.10 What is the structure of this textbook? -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks -- Chapter end case: Global fight against pandemics -- Further reading -- 2 The Context of International Projects in Terms of Organizational Strategy and Culture -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Strategy and strategic management -- 2.3 The relation between strategic management and projects -- 2.4 Program management -- 2.5 Program organization -- 2.6 Project portfolio management -- 2.7 The project management office -- 2.8 Project management maturity models -- 2.9 Organizational culture -- 2.10 Management by projects -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks -- Chapter end case: Going east -- Further reading -- 3 Defining the International Project -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The start of a project -- 3.3 Project proposal -- 3.4 Managing the scope of an international project -- 3.5 Defining milestones -- 3.6 Creating a work breakdown structure -- 3.7 Managing the international project stakeholders -- 3.8 Mapping the cultural context -- 3.9 Culture frameworks -- 3.10 The cultural gap tool -- 3.11 Diversity-complexity-assessment -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks
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11.7 Fostering project learning in an international context -- 11.8 The learning organization and international project management -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks -- Chapter end case: Two continents - one world! -- Further reading -- Glossary -- References -- Index
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Chapter end case: Connecting the world in Hong Kong -- Further reading -- 8 Leading International Projects -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Cultural impact on leadership and motivation -- 8.3 Leadership types and requirements in an international context -- 8.4 Competencies of the international project manager -- 8.5 Main roles and tasks of the international project manager -- 8.6 Building the international team at the project start -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks -- Chapter end case: Towards project management maturity -- Further reading -- 9 Communicating in International Projects -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Communication in international projects -- 9.3 Language and communication -- 9.4 Cultural differences in communication styles -- 9.5 Negotiations as a special communication situation -- 9.6 The choice of communication modes -- 9.7 The use of communication technology -- 9.8 Communicating in purely virtual teams -- 9.9 Communication governance -- 9.10 Selected specifics of communication in international projects -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks -- Chapter end case: The Software deal -- Further reading -- 10 Co-operating in International Projects -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Culture and co-operation -- 10.3 Establishing trust -- 10.4 Ground rules for co-operation -- 10.5 Effective conflict management -- 10.6 Managing heterogeneity -- 10.7 Elements of effective co-operation -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks -- Chapter end case: Two continents - two worlds? -- Further reading -- 11 Learning in and Learning from International Projects -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Organizational learning and knowledge management -- 11.3 Cultural embeddedness of learning -- 11.4 Problems of learning in and from international projects -- 11.5 Methods of project learning -- 11.6 The phase of project completion
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Chapter end case: The never ending story -- Further reading -- 4 Managing Risk and Uncertainty in an International Project -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The nature of risk -- 4.3 Risk and culture -- 4.4 The risk management process -- 4.5 Identification of risk -- 4.6 Risk analysis -- 4.7 Planning for risk -- 4.8 Risk monitoring and controlling -- 4.9 Corruption as a special risk in international projects -- 4.10 Managing uncertainty -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks -- Chapter end case: Cost in India -- Further reading -- 5 Planning the Iinternational Project in Terms of Time, Cost, and Quality -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The planning process -- 5.3 Cultural impact on planning -- 5.4 Scheduling -- 5.5 Adding resources to scheduling -- 5.6 Planning cost in the project budget -- 5.7 Planning for quality in international projects -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks -- Chapter end case: Gaming in Spain -- Further reading -- 6 Organizing the International Project -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Forms of project structures -- 6.3 Cultural impact on project organization -- 6.4 Internal project co-ordination -- 6.5 External project co-ordination -- 6.6 Organizing communication from a structural point of view -- 6.7 Responsibility in organizational structures -- 6.8 Specifics of responsibility in international projects -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks -- Chapter end case: Good structure pays off -- Further reading -- 7 Implementing and Controlling International Projects -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Main tasks and output of the implementation phase -- 7.3 Cultural impact on monitoring and controlling -- 7.4 Tools and techniques for monitoring international projects -- 7.5 Tools and techniques for controlling international projects -- 7.6 Analysis of controlling results -- 7.7 Managing change -- 7.8 Managing claims -- Summary -- Key terms -- Review tasks
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Koster, Kathrin International Project Management London : SAGE Publications, Limited,c2009 ISBN 9781412946209
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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