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Taylor & Francis The Projectification of the Public Sector
Book SynopsisIn recent decades, we have witnessed an increasing use of projects and similar temporary modes of organising in the public sector of nations in Europe and around the world. While for some this is a welcome development which unlocks entrepreneurial zeal and renders public services more flexible and accountable, others argue that this seeks to depoliticise policy initiatives, rendering them increasingly technocratic, and that the project organisations formed in this process offer fragmented and unsustainable short-term solutions to long-term problems.This volume sets out to address public sector projectification by drawing together research from a range of academic fields to develop a critical and theoretically-informed understanding of the causes, nature, and consequences of the projectification of the public sector. This book includes 13 chapters and is organised into three parts. The first part centres on the politics of projectification, specifically the role of projects inTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction Policy Pilots as Public Sector Projects: The Projectification of Policy and Research Why is Innovation Policy Projectified? Political Causes in the Case of Sweden Problematising the Project System: Rural Development in Indonesia Public Sector Innovation Projects: Beyond Bureaucracy and Market? In and Out of Amber: the New Zealand Government Major Projects Performance Reporting Project Management in the Shadow of Public Human Services Pilots as Projects: Policy Making in a State of Exception Project Governance in an Embedded State: Opportunities and Challenges The European Dimension of Projectification. Implications of the Project Approach in EU Funding Policy Agents, Techniques, and Tools of Projectification Observing the Process of Culture Projectification and its Agents: A Case Study of Kraków Standardisation and Its Consequences in Health Care: A Case Study of PRINCE2 Project Management Training The Freelance Project Manager as an Agent of Governmentality: Evidence from a UK Local Authority Notes on Contributors Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Stakeholder Perspective
Book SynopsisThe Stakeholder Perspective places people at the center of both projects and project management. It gives to the project management community a helpful, innovative, stakeholder-centered approach to increase projects' delivered value and success rate. It presents a logical model also called the Stakeholder Perspective, which acts as the reference point in a structured path to effectiveness. Starting from the analysis of a project's stakeholders, the model integrates both rational and relational innovative approaches. Its continuous focus on stakeholder requirements and expectations helps to set a proper path, and to maintain it, in order to target success and to achieve goals in a variety of projects with different size and complexity. The book presents a set of innovative and immediately applicable techniques for effective stakeholder identification and classification, as well as analysis of stakeholder requirements and expectations, key stakeholders management, stakeholder nTable of ContentsI.THE STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE. 1. Stakeholder, Who are They? 2. The Recent Central Role of Stakeholders in Project Management. 3. Stakeholder Identification: Integrating Multiple Classification and Behavioral Models. 4. Stakeholder Analysis: a Systemic Approach. 5. Key Stakeholders Management: Principles of Effective Direct Communication. 6. Stakeholder Network Management: Informative and Interactive Communication. 7. Basic Personal and Interpersonal Skills: Personal Mastery, Leadership, Teaming. 8. Ethics in Stakeholder Relations. II. THE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PROJECT. 9. Stakeholder Relations and Delivered Value: an Indissoluble Link. 10. Satisfying Stakeholder Requirements and Expectations: the Critical Success Factor. 11. Facing Successfully Different Levels of Project Complexity. 12. Targeting both Project and Business Value Generation by using KPIs. 13. Relationship Management Project: A Structured Path to Effectiveness. 14. New Stakeholder-Centered Trends: Project Management X.0.
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Taylor & Francis Quality Management Systems
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Taylor & Francis Quality Management Systems
This book provides a clear, easy to digest overview of Quality Management Systems (QMS). Critically, it offers the reader an explanation of the International Standards Organisation’s (ISO) requirement that in future all new and existing Management Systems Standards will need to have Annex SL.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Business of People Leadership for the
Book SynopsisThe Business of People is purposefully focused on people. The book will assist you to develop and support yourself with your people leadership, knowledge, and skills. It is an opportunity to better manage yourself and lead others, including your organization, into the modern volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. It is also a sequel to the top-selling book The Business of Portfolio Management: Boosting Organizational Value.Authors Madeleine Taylor and Iain Fraser combine to give you the very best in knowledge and experience in a variety of situations. This is a book that cuts through the nonsense and presents real-world solutions for situations facing leaders today and tomorrow.Shifting from managing people to leading people requires a pivot...Leadership matters because the future is at greater risk without it. Regardless of where you are in your leadership journey I am confident this new book from Madeleine and IainTable of ContentsEarly Reader ReviewsDedicationContentsList of FiguresList of Tables and ToolsForewordAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPrefaceSection One: Managing Yourself and Being the Best You Can Be Section Two: Leading Others One-on-One—Helping Others Be the Best They Can BeSection Three: Managing Groups—Working Together for Great OutcomesSection Four: Leading the Organization—Creating a Dynamic Organization Which Delivers Ongoing Value EpilogueAppendix: Poems to PonderGlossaryBibliography and ReferencesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Practitioner Handbook of Project Controls Project and Programme Management Practitioner Handbooks
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Leading Megaprojects
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Taylor & Francis The Innovation Systems Cycle
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Critical Thinking Learning from Mistakes and How to Prevent Them
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Taylor & Francis Project Management Skills for Healthcare
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Project Planning and Project Success The 25 Solution Best Practices and Advances in Program Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creative Efficient and Effective Project Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Strategic Management for the Plastics Industry Dealing with Globalization and Sustainability Second Edition
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The New Triple Constraints for Sustainable Projects Programs and Portfolios
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Projects and Complexity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Improving Business Process Performance
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Taylor & Francis Ltd COSMIC Function Points Theory and Advanced Practices
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Scrum Project Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Project Management Tools and Techniques for
Book SynopsisEmphasizing that it''s much easier and more cost effective to make changes in the planning phases of a project rather than later on, Project Management Tools and Techniques for Success provides an accessible introduction to project management fundamentals. Highlighting approaches for avoiding common pitfalls, it begins with an introduction to project management that compares and contrasts the stages of poor management with those of effective management. Because change is inherent in virtually all projects, the text outlines the human effects of change and suggests ways to mitigate these effects. It addresses team dynamics, sourcing alternatives, motivating the team, managing expectations, assessing risk, and defining and prioritizing project requirements. The book translates difficult concepts into practical applications with a case study that examines the merger of two companies, along with the subsequent development of a new corporaTable of ContentsIntroduction to Project Management. Defining Project Management. Project Management and Change. Being Prepared. Introduction to the Case Study. The Initiation/ Definition Phase. Getting Started – Choosing the Right People. Ensuring It’s the Right Project. Managing Expectations. Identifying and Avoiding Risks (The Initial Risk Assessment). Drafting the Preliminary Business Case. The Planning Phase, Part 1: Who’s Involved? The Critical Question: Who’s Leading the Project? Part 2: What, Where and When. Establishing the Roadmap. Project Specifications and Statements of Work. Completing the Plan. The Execution and Control Phase, Part I: More Planning. Ground Rules. The Change Management Process. The Communication Plan. The Execution and Control Phase, Part II: Making it Happen. Monitoring the Project. Quality and Control. Organizational Readiness. When Murphy’s Law Takes Effect: Possible Problems and Ways to Avoid Them. The Closeout Phase. The Final Steps. Appendices. List of Acronyms. The Project Charter. The Functional Process Map. The Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The Metric Reliability Assessment Spreadsheet. Suggested Reading.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Marketing IT Products and Services
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Project Management of Complex and Embedded Systems Ensuring Product Integrity and Program Quality
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Trust Management in Virtual Work Environments
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Software Sizing Estimation and Risk Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Complex IT Project Management 16 Steps to Success
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Financial Services Information Systems
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Product Design Methods and Practices
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Building Software A Practitioners Guide 4 Applied Software Engineering
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Project Management Skills for Healthcare
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Taylor & Francis Thriving at the Edge of Chaos Managing Projects as Complex Adaptive Systems
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Strategic Portfolio Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Integrator
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Taylor & Francis Quality Management A Project Management Perspective
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Taylor & Francis Ltd ComponentBased Systems
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Industrial Project Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Applied Software Risk Management A Guide for Software Project Managers
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Insiders Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Management Lessons from the Great Explorers
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rational Decisions in Organisations
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Taylor & Francis Strategic Commercial Management
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Taylor & Francis Metric Handbook
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Technology Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cracking the Innovation Code How To Unlock The True Potential of Your Business To Grow Through New Products
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creating an Effective Public Sector
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Taylor & Francis ARRIVE
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Taylor & Francis Creating an Effective Public Sector
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Economics of Property Management
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Taylor & Francis Strategic Requirements Analysis
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