Format:
1 online resource (369 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415993739
,
9780203891636
Content:
Perspectives on Projects describes the full range of skills a project manager must develop. By grouping these skills into nine schools and developing a metaphor for each approach, students and managers alike are better able to apply the theory in developing a strategy for managing their project
Note:
Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- 1 The diversity of projects and project management -- Part I: The nine perspectives -- 2 Optimization: The project as a machine -- 3 Modeling: The project as a mirror -- 4 Success: The project as an objective -- 5 Governance: The project as a legal entity -- 6 Behavior: The project as a social system -- 7 Marketing: The project as a billboard -- 8 Process: The project as an algorithm -- 9 Decision: The project as a computer -- 10 Contingency: The project as a chameleon -- Part II: The three case studies -- 11 Using the nine perspectives -- 12 The North-South Metro Line: Managing in crowded historic Amsterdam -- 13 The LAS story: Learning from failure -- 14 ABS International: Sustainable project management -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Turner, Rodney J. Perspectives on Projects Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2010 ISBN 9780415993739
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
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