Morris / Pinto The Wiley Guide to Project Organization and Project Management Competencies

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-118-00028-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Wiley Guides to Project Management

A guide to the human factors in project management: knowledge,learning, and maturity
The Wiley Guides to the Management of Projects address critical,need-to-know information that will help professionals successfullymanage projects in most businesses and help students learn the bestpractices of the industry. They contain not only well-known andwidely used basic project management practices but also the newestand most cutting-edge concepts in the broader theory and practiceof managing projects.
This third volume in the series covers a range of organizationaland people-based topics that are occupying the project managementworld today. The essence of project management represents a"people" challenge-the ability to appreciate and effectively employthe competencies of all those who are associated with the projectdevelopment and delivery process. This book explains how you canmore successfully manage a project from inception through deliveryby learning how to handle critical issues around structure, teams,leadership, power and negotiation, and the whole area ofcompetencies. The expert contributors also include chapters onglobal project management knowledge and standards, the role ofproject management associations around the world, projectmanagement maturity models, and other key topics.
Complete your understanding of project management with these otherbooks in The Wiley Guides to the Management of Projectsseries:
* The Wiley Guide to Project Control
* The Wiley Guide to Project, Program & PortfolioManagement
* The Wiley Guide to Project Technology, Supply Chain &Procurement Management

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morris, Peter

Morris, Peter W. G.

Pinto, Jeffrey K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Introduction.
1: An Overview of Behavioral Issues in Project Management(Dennis P. Slevin and Jeffrey K. Pinto).
2: Project Management Structures (Erik Larson).
3: Contemporary Views on Shaping, Developing, and Managing Teams(Connie L. Delisle).
4: Leadership of Project Teams (Peg Thoms and John J.Kerwin).
5: Power, Influence, and Negotiation in Project Management (JohnM. Magenau and Jeffrey K. Pinto).
6: Managing Human Resources in the Project-Oriented Company(Martina Huemann, Rodney Turner, and Anne Keegan).
7: Competencies: Organizational and Personal (Andrew Gale).
8: Projects: Learning at the Edge of Organization (Christophe N.Bredillet).
9: The Validity of Knowledge in Project Management and theChallenge of Learning and Competency Development (Peter W.G.Morris).
10: Global Body of Project Management Knowledge and Standards(Lynn Crawford).
11: Lessons Learned: Project Evaluation (J. Davidson Frame).
12: Developing Project Management Capability: Benchmarking,Maturity, Modeling, Gap Analyses, and ROI Studies (C. William Ibbs,Justin M. Reginato, and Young Hoon Kwak).
13: Project Management Maturity Models (Terry Cooke-Davies).
14: Professional Associations and Global Initiatives (LynnCrawford).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Peter W. G. Morris is Professor of Civil Engineering, Departmentof Civil & Structural Engineering, UMIST, Manchester, UnitedKingdom. Professor Morris is also Vice President of the Associationfor Project Management and Vice Chairman of the InternationalProject Management Association.
Jeffrey K. Pinto is a Professor at the School of Business,Pennsylvania State University, Erie, Pennsylvania.