Project management Books
Business Expert Press Workplace Jazz: How to IMPROVISE–9 Steps to
Book SynopsisIn Workplace Jazz, the author raises a battle cry for individual and corporate responsibility in building cultures that are healthier and more productive for those working in them. What should leaders do to address this workforce engagement and productivity gap? Should companies keep implementing culture improvement processes and procedures that do not address the emotional connection that teams need? Workplace Jazz offers a step-by-step process, enhanced with stories, neuroscience research, case studies, metaphors, and a strategic blueprint for developing connected and high-performing project teams based on the author’s experiences as a professional musician, certified conversational intelligence coach, and certified business consultant.
£25.16
Business Expert Press Be Agile Do Agile
Book SynopsisMany things in the world are changing more rapidly than ever and levels of global competition have increased dramatically. Clients do not always know what they want in a new system or product and younger workers chafe at old command and control restrictions. These pressures and many others have challenges traditional project management methods. What has emerged is an understanding that for some projects, a new approach is needed. Many people have worked hard and imaginatively developing new approaches. Many of these fall under a broad umbrella called Agile. One difficulty with Agile is that various approaches have been developed and are in use today, both in “pure” form as suggested by their approach and in hybrid form attempting to gain advantages of more than a single approach. Not only that, but the very language of some of the approaches describe the same things differently and sometimes describe not so similar things in a similar manner. Add to that, many successful, experienced project practitioners do not fully understand nor value Agile.We recognize that to capitalize fully on the benefits of Agile, one must first understand the concepts that underpin it. Only then will using the mechanics of Agile yield the sweeping benefits some organizations enjoy. In this book, we first identify the many concepts that various approaches advocate for Agile and group them into a simple, but not dumbed-down system. Then we identify the most common and most useful Agile methods regardless of the approach that promotes them, grouping them logically, and showing how to use them.The result is we have an agnostic Agile model that can be useful to anyone who is either using or considering Agile. Further, the concepts and tools of this book can also be useful to anyone who is in an organization that is using a hybrid project management approach (part Agile and part traditional). Many, if not most, of the mindset concepts can also be of great value for people performing projects in a traditional manner as they attempt to unleash the energy and creativity of their project team members. Both concepts for being Agile and tools for doing Agile are summarized into an easy to follow system.
£26.96
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Successful Management Strategies and Tools:
Book SynopsisThis book equips managers and professionals with effective management tools and strategies, as well as important concepts to help them combat current challenges and problems. It provides a holistic and practical approach to lean and quality management throughout the business value chain. The author describes comprehensively how management strategies and problem-solving tools enable companies to concentrate on value-adding activities and processes to achieve the competitive advantage. This allows managers to choose the proper tool and strategy for each situation and use it effectively. A wealth of best practices, industry examples and case studies are also included.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Business Transformation and Project Management. Chapter 2. Corporate Strategic Management.- Chapter 3. Cultural Change Concepts.- Chapter 4. Leadership, Empowerment and New Work Concepts. Chapter 5. Strategic Management Tools and Excellence Models.- Chapter 6. Seven Management Tools (M7).- Chapter 7. Statistical, Quality and Resource Management Tools.- Chapter 8. Problem-Solving, Process and Idea Creation Tools.- Chapter 9. Supply Management Tools.- Chapter 10. Management Objectives, KPI and OKR.- Chapter 11. Financial Management Tools.- Chapter 12. Supply Chain Management Tools.- Chapter 13. Virtual Management and Cyber Tools.- Chapter 14. Audits and Quality Management Systems (QMS). Lean Production Tools.- Chapter 16. Kaizen: Continuous Improvements in small Steps.- Chapter 17. Waste and Value-added Management Tools.
£62.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together selected and extended papers representative of work presented at the 8th IPMA Research Conference, which was held online between 9th and 11th September 2020. It explores the topics of project, programme and portfolio management, and self-organizing in and through projects.Offering international and multidisciplinary perspectives, this book answers questions such as: What is the impact of self-organization on organizational structures, processes, cultures and leadership? How can we define the transformative power of self-organization? What is the motivation of individuals to perform activities, to engage with others and organizations in order to get things done? Which kinds of leadership best support self-organizing in projects? What have disciplines like natural science, psychology, philosophy, sociology and management to offer in this respect? What are the cultural limitations and potentials regarding self-organization in projects and how do we deal with them? Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management is a valuable resource for all researchers and project management professionals interested in autonomous working and self-organizing.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. A Systematic Approach to Agile Management and Self-Organization for a Sustainable Transformation of Organizations.- 3. Identifying Organizational Issue for Digital Transformation by Analyzing IT Dispute Cases.- 4. Sensemaking by Project Managers; Previous Research, Present Findings, and Future Direction.- 5. Identification of Governance Structures for Private Public Partnership (PPP) Project through Social Network Analysis.- 6. Motivating Self-Organizing Agile Teams in New Technology-Based Firms: An Exploratory Study.- 7. A New Model of Project, Program, and Portfolio Recovery to Tackle Covid-19 in Construction Projects.- 8. Let us Integrate Self-Organisation and Stakeholders into the Development of Infrastructure Projects, Because We Need More Creativity and Satisfying Solutions.- 9. Rapid Literature Review on Danish Megaproject Studies: Taking Stock and Moving Forward.- 10. Evaluation of Managerial Flexibilities in Critical Path Method Based Construction Schedules.- 11. How Construction Projects Can Be Agile.- 12. New Work – Can Increasing Self-Organization Contribute to a New Design of Work?.- 13. Open Innovation in Practice – Challenges and Results in Telecommunication Sector.- 14. Value-Orientated Decision Making in Agile Project Portfolios.- 15. Energy Entropy Structure of a Project-Oriented Organization.- 16. Self-Organizing Project Management with Critical Thinking in Infodemic vs Pandemic COVID 2019.- 17. Revisiting Shenhar and DVIR’S Diamond Model: Do We Need an Upgrade?.- 18. Client Experience on Projects.- 19. Self-Awareness, Assessment and Organization with Personal Agility.- 20. Insights of a Transformation Journey in an Agile Environment.- 21. Invitation to Experiments with Organizational Change.
£123.49
Springer International Publishing AG Design Engineering Journey
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£44.99
Springer International Publishing AG Moments of Leadership: How to become a
Book SynopsisThere are moments in leadership when opportunities open up: Opportunities for better teamwork, opportunities for orientation, for professional conversations, and for personal development and reflection. This book describes over 60 such opportunities, pragmatic, solution-oriented, and tested for many years. Based on concrete examples, it thus provides impulses for effective strategies and new ways of solving problems in all areas of cooperation and leadership. The book is intended to serve as a guide from which not only leaders but also managers and coaches can benefit. Table of ContentsMoments are chances: Introduction.- Part I: Leadership today.- Important dimensions of the CONVERSATION that determine success or failure.- Moments in RELATIONSHIPS.- MOMENTS OF STRESS.- MOMENTS OF TABOO TOPICS.- MOMENTS of CHANGE.- Moments as a Coach.- MOMENTS OF METHODOLOGY.- MOMENTS within the TEAM.- Part II: Leadership tomorrow.- WHEN DOES THE FUTURE ACTUALLY BEGIN?.- What kind of CHALLENGES will you confront as the manager of Millennials?.- Why do you need INSPIRATION to manage Millennials successfully.- What kind of ORGANIZATION and CULTURE do Millennials need?
£71.99
Springer General Management Principles for Project Management
Book Synopsis.- Chapter 1. Introduction. .- Chapter 2. Project Management. .- Chapter 3. Organization Management. .- Chapter 4. Principles. .-Chapter 5. Conclusion.
£80.99
De Gruyter De Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project
Book SynopsisThe narrative about the project management profession is dominated by discussions of “success” and “failure” along with the need to improve the competence of project managers. As a result, the community is engaged in a fruitless search for a combination of tools, techniques and practices that will result in desired outcomes for funders. While the profession has made recent attempts to incorporate environmental and social responsibility, these areas are still framed within the existing discourses of project delivery. The De Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project Management seeks to rethink project management by integrating contributions from the emerging responsible Management domain. This handbook will explore the nature and extent of project professionals’ responsibility at different levels – individual, team, organizational and societal – along with the implications for education, research and practice. The De Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project Management offers cutting-edge insights into the fi eld of project management. It is an essential reference for scholars and practitioners.
£123.50
De Gruyter De Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project
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£38.95
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Projektmanagement für Lehrende: Erfolgreicher
Book SynopsisDieser Leitfaden führt in das Projektmanagement aus Sicht der Lehrenden ein. Ulrich Holzbaur und Monika Bühr vermitteln eine Methode für den erfolgreichen und zielorientierten Einsatz von Projekten an Hochschulen. Die Organisation solcher Projekte geht weit über das Vergeben von Aufgaben hinaus: Die Vorbereitung, Begleitung und Bewertung studentischer Projekte erfordern die Beachtung von Randbedingungen aus den Bereichen Projektmanagement und Führung, Psychologie und Management, Recht und Hochschuldidaktik. Wenn man diese Voraussetzungen berücksichtigt und das Projektmanagement entsprechend gestaltet, sind Projekte eine effiziente Methode des Kompetenzerwerbs.Table of ContentsProfessionelle Hochschulprojekte.- Projektplanung und -portfolio.- Projektmanagement in den Phasen.- Projekte als Mittel der Lehre.
£11.77
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Projektmanagement im Studium: Vom Projektauftrag
Book SynopsisIn diesem Lehrbuch werden die typischen Aufgabenstellungen und Abläufe des erfolgreichen Projektmanagements an Universitäten und Hochschulen dargestellt. Studierende erhalten mit diesem Buch ein Instrumentarium für die verschiedenen Stadien der Projektarbeit. Zahlreiche Beispiele aus der Hochschulpraxis, viele Abbildungen und Hinweise auf nützliche Internetseiten illustrieren die Anleitungen. Vorlagen und Tools zum Herunterladen finden Sie auf der Homepage der Autorin.Projektmanagement ist zu einer Schlüsselkompetenz für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Standorts Deutschland geworden. Die Entwicklung dieser Schlüsselkompetenz wird daher an Hochschulen immer wichtiger. Projektarbeit ersetzt im Studium immer häufiger die klassische Vorlesung - an Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften ebenso wie an Universitäten.Für diese zweite Auflage wurde das Buch aktualisiert und um einige aktuelle Informationen und Quellen aktualisiert.Table of Contents1 Einführung.- 2 Startphase.- 3 Ausführungsphase.- 4 Abschlussphase.- 5 Schlusswort.
£21.84
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Die Projekt-Methode: Leitfaden zum erfolgreichen
Book SynopsisDas Buch stellt die Grundlagen und die Methodik zusammen, um Projekte an Hochschulen ergebnisorientiert und zielgerichtet einzusetzen. Durch die wachsende Bedeutung von Projekten im Beruf und in der Wissenschaft werden diese als Lehrinhalt immer wichtiger. Für Lehrende an Hochschulen stellt sich damit die Herausforderung, Projekte optimal für die Vermittlung von Kompetenzen und Inhalten einzusetzen und den Aufwand für die Vorbereitung, Betreuung und Bewertung von Projekten in einen akzeptablen Rahmen zu halten. Das Werk vermittelt die erfolgreiche Planung und Vorbereitung von Projekten sowie die Begleitung und Betreuung, Benotung und Ergebnissicherung. Die zahlreichen Hilfsmittel und Beispiele erleichtern die Umsetzung.Table of ContentsEinsatz projektbasierter Lehre an Hochschulen.- Das studentische Projekt: Ziele, Erfolg und Ergebnis, Stakeholder und Management.- Das Lehrprojekt: Vorbereitung, Kalibrierung, Vergabe, Betreuung, Benotung.- Das Gesamtprojekt und die Methode PPM, Projektportfolio und Lehren durch Projekte.- Umsetzung: Hochschuldidaktik, Kurikulare Verankerung, Übergang Schule-Hochschule.- Reflexion.- Anhang mit Grundlagen Projektmanagement, Methoden, Checklisten, Beispielen (Fallstudien).
£31.34
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Projektmanagement lehren: Studentische Projekte
Book SynopsisIn diesem Fachbuch lernen Lehrende aller Fakultäten didaktische Methoden zur Konzeption und Durchführung studentischer Projekte mit ihren charakteristischen Merkmalen und Besonderheiten kennen. Sie erfahren, wie studentische Teamprojekte wertvolle Kompetenzen für die spätere berufliche Praxis vermitteln können. Die unterschiedlichen Stadien der Projektarbeit von der Planung bis zur Notenbildung werden ausführlich beschrieben. Die Autoren bieten zudem Anregungen, Ideen und Tipps und veranschaulichen ihre Ausführungen durch zahlreiche Referenzbeispiele und vier ausführliche Fallstudien. Auch Projekttools und elektronische Hilfsmittel sowie Projekt-Coaching werden thematisiert.Trade Review“... das Dozierenden und Professoren einen Leitfaden bietet, um erfolgreiches Projektmanagement zu lehren. ... Man muss dem Buch viele Leserinnen und Leser wünschen und dabei hoffen, dass der Anteil von Projekten in Universitäten wächst und in den Hochschulen für Angewandte Wissenschaften weiterhin gesteigert wird. Ich wünsche dem Buch, dass es ein erfolgreiches professorales Projekt wird.” (Prof. Dr. Werner Michl, in: erleben & lernen e&l, Heft 3-4, 2018)“... vor allem für Lehrende bestimmt ist und das den Studenten das „Learning by Doing“ durch systematisches Projektmanagement möglichst spannend und ergiebig machen soll. ... sehr sorgfältig gemachte Buch, weil es nicht nur studentische Projekte als wichtiges didaktisches Instrument propagiert, sondern weil es der Lehrkraft auch sehr konkrete Hilfestellung gibt und damit mithilft, dem/der Studierenden Kompetenzen zu vermitteln, die er/sie für das Berufsleben braucht ...” (Heinz Schelle, in: project Management aktuell, Jg. 29, Heft 2, 2018)Table of ContentsTheoretische Grundlagen.- Studentische Projekte konzipieren, planen, steuern und weiterentwickeln.- Studentische Projekte durchführen.- Fallbeispiele.
£26.59
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Fit für das Projektmanagement: Moderne
Book SynopsisClaudia Stöhler gibt in diesem essential eine prägnante Anleitung für eine state-of -the-art Projektmanagement-Lehre. Hierfür gibt sie einen Überblick zum Status Quo von Projektmanagement an deutschen Hochschulen und zeigt Möglichkeiten einer systematischen kompetenzorientierten Konzeption von Veranstaltungen auf. Anforderungen an Kenntnisse, die in der akademischen Ausbildung vermittelt werden sollten, werden benannt. Verschiedene moderne Methoden und Konzepte, die in der Lehre eingesetzt werden und als Ideengeber für die Gestaltung der eigenen Lehrveranstaltung dienen können, werden detaillierter beleuchtet. Praxisbeispiele geben Impulse und Motivation.Table of ContentsStatus Quo Projektmanagement in der akademischen Aus-und Weiterbildung.- Kompetenzorientiertes Lehren und Prüfen von Projektmanagement.- Was Projektmanagement-Kompetenz heute im digitalen Umfeld ist.- Inhaltsdimension: Welche Inhalte sollten im Studium vermittelt werden.- Prozessdimension: Acht moderne Praxisbeispiele an Hochschulen.
£11.77
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Best Practice im Vertrieb durch Hoshin Kanri: Mit
Book SynopsisNachhaltiger Vertriebserfolg setzt die richtige Ausrichtung und Zielsetzung, aber noch mehr die perfekte Umsetzung und effiziente Steuerung voraus. Hierfür ist der ursprünglich japanische Management-Ansatz Hoshin Kanri eine geeignete Methode mit erprobten Instrumenten und Prozessen. Peter Klesse vermittelt die Grundlagen der Einführung von Hoshin Kanri mit Fokus auf dem Vertrieb. Er zeigt auf, wie Ausrichtung, Steuerung und permanente Optimierung des Vertriebs auf Basis dieses agilen Ansatzes gelingen kann. Zugleich zeigt der Autor am Beispiel eines US-amerikanische Mischkonzerns auf, wie dieser mit dem auf Hoshin Kanri basierenden Danaher-Business-System dauerhaft erfolgreicher als die Börse wurde. Ebenso zeigt er Erfolgsfaktoren für die Umsetzung auf und weist darauf hin, wann Hoshin Kanri für den Vertrieb ungeeignet sein kann.Der Autor:Peter Klesse ist Geschäftsführer einer Vertriebsberatung mit langjähriger Beratererfahrung. Er unterstützt Unternehmen vieler Branchen als Berater oder Interimmanager. Neben anderen Methoden hat er Hoshin Kanri erfolgreich in der Praxis eingeführt.Table of ContentsDie Hoshin-Philosophie.- Das Hoshin-Kanri-Instrument und die Hoshin-Kanri-Prozesse.- Erfolgsfaktoren und Fallstricke, Dos und Don‘ts.
£11.77
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Modellbasierte Produktentwicklung:
Book SynopsisWas sind die Ursachen dafür, dass mit viel Aufwand entwickelte Produkte im Markt scheitern? Die Produkte wurden an den Bedürfnissen der Kunden*innen vorbei entwickelt. Aber kein Unternehmen wird bewusst an den Kundenbedürfnissen vorbei entwickeln. Das vorliegende Buch befasst sich mit der Frage, wie objektiv eigentlich die Bedürfnisse von Kunden*innen ihren Weg in die Entwicklungsorganisation eines Unternehmens finden können und wie objektive sie dort in ein Produkt umgesetzt werden können. Ausgehend von Antworten auf diese Frage wird ein Ansatz entwickelt, mit Hilfe physischer Modelle eine frühzeitige Wahrnehmung der Produktattribute durch Kunden*innen zu ermöglichen, so deren Bedürfnisse genauer zu treffen und damit die Erfolgswahrscheinlichkeit der Produkte im Markt zu verbessern.
£11.77
Springer Gabler Projektkompetenz I Methodensicheres Planen und Steuern
Book SynopsisTeil A: Grundlagen.- Projekte und Projektmanagement.- Projektmanagement-Prozess.- Agilität und agile Arbeitsformen der Projektarbeit.- Hybrides Projektmanagement.- Phasenmodelle, Vorgehensmodelle, Frameworks.- Erfolgsforschung.- Projektdesign.- Methodensicheres Planen und Steuern von Projekten.
£49.49
Springer Gabler Projektkompetenz II Soziale und organisationale Fähigkeiten
Book SynopsisDie Projektleitung als Führungskraft.- Selbstreflexion und Selbstmanagement.- Persönliche Integrität und Verlässlichkeit.- Kommunikation.- Beziehungen.- Führung.- Teamarbeit.- Konflikte und Krisen.- Vielseitigkeit und Kreativität.- Verhandlungen.- Ergebnisorientierung. Die Projektleitung und die Organisation.- Strategie.- Governance.- Compliance.- Macht und Interessen.- Kultur und Werte.
£49.49
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Handbuch Projektmanagement: Agil – Klassisch –
Book SynopsisDas Nachschlagewerk bietet alles Wissenswerte für das prozessorientierte Projektmanagement: Anleitung für effiziente Projektabwicklung, systematische Übersicht über Projektphasen und -prozesse, ausführliche Handlungsempfehlungen sowie eine Sammlung der wichtigsten Methoden und Instrumente. Erfolgsfaktoren werden im Detail beschrieben und schließen auch komplexe Aspekte wie Führung, Teamarbeit und Konfliktlösung ein. Ein Projektkompass, wertvolle Tipps sowie zahlreiche Vorlagen, Checklisten und Tabellen unterstützen die Umsetzung in die Praxis.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Methodik: moderne Methoden für erfolgreiche Projektarbeit.- Mensch: Selbstmanagement, Stresskompetenz und Kommunikation.- Führung: neuste Erkenntnisse zu Leadership im Projekt.- Teams: Erfolgsfaktoren der Zusammenarbeit.- Referenzliste zur ICB von IPMA.
£999.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Systems Thinking for Management Consultants:
Book SynopsisThis book discusses how systems thinking and approaches can aid management consultants in navigating the complexities of client advisory in current realities. It thereby brings to the forefront aspects of holism, flexibility and responsibility - the keys to success in today’s world. Management consultants are called in to offer an independent expert view of an organisation/ a situation and are expected to address some of the most pressing problems businesses face. The client does not exist in a silo, but in a complex environment that lies at the intersection of a range of internal and external factors that are often unseen and unpredictable. The organisation itself presents an alien territory that the consultant is expected to acclimatise to within a very short period of time, and come up with solutions that “insiders” would not have been able to visualise. The book presents a range of ideas, concepts and reference cases that are relevant and topical for consultants in their daily work. It argues that systems thinking allows holism and flexibility in management consulting – while holism is about the ability to encompass the environmental and organisational complexity, flexibility is about the ability to think creatively and adopt different approaches to accommodate this complexity. With commentaries, case studies, conceptual models and perspectives that cut across multiple industries, sectors and countries, this book is a valuable resource for academics and professionals alike. The book’s inner pages and its page on Springer.com contain additional comments providing perspectives of clients, industry experts and academia.Table of ContentsPart 1: SYSTEMS THINKING FOR MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS.- Chapter 1. What is Systems Thinking.- Chapter 2. Critical Systems Thinking for Holism and Flexibility.- Chapter 3. On-ground relevance.- Part 2: FRAMEWORKS FOR CONSULTANTS.- Chapter 4. Microinsurance and Community Engagement.- Chapter 5. Access and Empowerment through electronic Public Health.- Chapter 6. Conceptual framework for technology implementation.- Part 3: Cases to Ponder.- Chapter 7. Healthcare Knowledge Management.- Chapter 8. Project Failure.- Chapter 9. Organizational Collaboration.- Chapter 10. Bracing for the future.
£98.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Managing People in Projects for High Performance:
Book SynopsisThis book examines practically useful management and people skills, and looks at competencies from the micro, meso, and macro- lens. At the micro- level, the book examines a range of competencies needed for managing oneself and others in a project environment, such as personality style, cognitive skills, communication skills, and emotional intelligence. The book will also includes discussion on strategies for managing emotions of self and others effectively. At the meso- level, the book discusses basic structure, characteristics, and importance of different types of teams such as virtual teams, project teams, domain specific teams, and heavy-weight teams in organizations to enhance productivity and delegate accountability. It also explores team processes, including structure, culture, supporting systems, performance and incentive systems, and their impact on team productivity. In addition, the book includes a discourse on skills to manage a multi-generational workforce (a combination of baby boomers, X and Y generation), a challenge faced by project managers in current scenario. Finally, at the macro- level, the book captures the role of culture in a project context; emerging leadership styles in projects, maintaining relationship with internal and external stakeholders; role of power, politics and influence in relationship building (social networks and social capital); and managing conflicts and negotiations. The book presents ethical considerations in managing projects; relationship between projects and sustainability; societal responsibilities of projects; advantages and disadvantages of forms of control in projects (behaviour and outcome control). It is positioned primarily for practitioners although it is a relevant and useful resource and reference for academics and students of project management and management studies courses.Table of ContentsModule 1: Micro Level: MANAGING SELF.- Chapter 1: Building Awareness.- Chapter 2: Cognitive Intelligence.- Chapter 3: Emotional Intelligence.- Chapter 4: Making Decisions.- Module 2: Meso level: MANAGING TEAMS.- Chapter 5: Understanding Teams.- Chapter 6: Dealing with Diverse Teams.- Chapter 7: Enhancing Team Effectiveness.- Chapter 8: Making Teams Work.- Module 3: Macro Level: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS.- Chapter 9: Understanding Culture.- Chapter 10: Leading projects.- Chapter 11: Relationship management.- Chapter 12: Ethics in projects.
£66.49
Reverte Management (Rem) Cómo Colaborar Virtualmente (Virtual
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Taylor & Francis Managing Projects Institute of Learning Management Super Series
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Taylor & Francis Project Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Breakthrough Technology Project Management
Although there are many books of methods and tools in different areas, few books actually give detailed tips and lessons on how to effectively set up and manage projects. Most books on project management devote all their space to specific methods. Breakthrough Technology Project Management, Second Edition provides tangible guidelines through examples and suggestions to help people participate in and manage projects more effectively. The authors'' techniques and guidelines have been proven over the past 15 years in courses and counseling. This book is a valuable tool for those working in information systems, engineering, computer science, operations and production, and other environments involving project management.
£58.89
Taylor & Francis Operations Management for Business Excellence
Book SynopsisAll businesses strive for excellence in todayâs technology-based environment in which customers want solutions at the touch of a button. This highly regarded textbook provides in-depth coverage of the principles of operations and supply chain management and explains how to design, implement, and maintain processes for sustainable competitive advantage. This text offers a unique combination of theory and practice with a strategic, results-driven approach.Now in its fourth edition, Operations Management for Business Excellence has been updated to reflect major advances and future trends in supply chain management. A new chapter on advanced supply chain concepts covers novel logistics technology, information systems, customer proximity, sustainability, and the use of multiple sales channels. As a platform for discussion, the exploration of future trends includes self-driving vehicles, automation and robotics, and omnichannel retailing. Features include: A host of international case studies and examples to demonstrate how theory translates to practice, including Airbus, Hewlett Packard, Puma, and Toyota. A consistent structure to aid learning and retention: Each chapter begins with a detailed set of learning objectives and finishes with a chapter summary, a set of discussion questions and a list of key terms. Fully comprehensive with an emphasis on the practical, this textbook should be core reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of operations management and supply chain management. It would also appeal to executives who desire an understanding of how to achieve and maintain âexcellenceâ in business. Online resources include lecture slides, a glossary, test questions, downloadable figures, and a bonus chapter on project management.Trade Review"Operations Management for Business Excellence is a highly accessible text that draws upon both international and local (Australasian) case examples. It contains simple, practical models for planning, designing, managing and improving operations in businesses of all sizes and specialisms, and avoids unnecessary mathematical statistical complexity. I highly recommend this text at undergraduate and postgraduate / MBA level." — Dr Nigel Grigg, Professor of Quality Systems, Centre for Quality and Supply Chain Management, Massey University, New Zealand"This book presents traditional and updated OSCM models and practices (including robotics and sustainability) in plain language without surrendering academic rigor, supported by rich case studies from the renowned corporations and discussion questions with an engaging fashion. I think this approach will make this book very appropriate for OSCM teaching and the exploration of ‘excellence’ for business practitioners." — Jason X. Wang, University of Huddersfield, UK"‘We need this product at low cost, high quality and we need it now!’ Anyone who has heard this imperative knows how critical operation management is for firms. This book offers a refreshing overview of the discipline, incorporating the latest challenges facing operational managers today that will surely be of invaluable use to students." — Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Faculty of Economics & Management, EM Business School, University of Strasbourg, France"Using a clear and concise style, this book provides a comprehensive and contemporary introduction to operations and supply chain management. The case studies at the beginning of each chapter and at the end of the book are excellent and help bringing to life the concepts and the techniques explained in the book." — Dr Riccardo Mogre, Associate Professor in Operations Management, Durham University Business School, University of Durham, UK"Operations Management for Business Excellence is a highly accessible text that draws upon both international and local (Australasian) case examples. It contains simple, practical models for planning, designing, managing and improving operations in businesses of all sizes and specialisms, and avoids unnecessary mathematical statistical complexity. I highly recommend this text at undergraduate and postgraduate / MBA level." — Dr Nigel Grigg, Professor of Quality Systems, Centre for Quality and Supply Chain Management, Massey University, New Zealand"This book presents traditional and updated OSCM models and practices (including robotics and sustainability) in plain language without surrendering academic rigor, supported by rich case studies from the renowned corporations and discussion questions with an engaging fashion. I think this approach will make this book very appropriate for OSCM teaching and the exploration of ‘excellence’ for business practitioners." — Jason X. Wang, University of Huddersfield, UK"‘We need this product at low cost, high quality and we need it now!’ Anyone who has heard this imperative knows how critical operation management is for firms. This book offers a refreshing overview of the discipline, incorporating the latest challenges facing operational managers today that will surely be of invaluable use to students." — Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Faculty of Economics & Management, EM Business School, University of Strasbourg, France"Using a clear and concise style, this book provides a comprehensive and contemporary introduction to operations and supply chain management. The case studies at the beginning of each chapter and at the end of the book are excellent and help bringing to life the concepts and the techniques explained in the book." — Dr Riccardo Mogre, Associate Professor in Operations Management, Durham University Business School, University of Durham, UKTable of Contents1. Operations and Strategy 2. Demand Management and Forecasting in Operations 3. Capacity and Revenue Management 4. Process Design and Strategy 5. Applying Lean Thinking to Operations 6. Achieving Balanced Results and Measuring Performance 7. Quality Management and Product Design 8. Inventory and Resource Planning 9. Collaborative Supply Chains 10. Advanced Supply Chain Concepts: Technology and Sustainability
£166.25
Taylor & Francis Operations Management for Business Excellence Building Sustainable Supply Chains
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Project Management of Large SoftwareIntensive Systems
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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 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 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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