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Project Management in the 21st Century

What You Need to Know About the Elephant, Eco-system and Experience

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Authors:
  1. Gregory Usher

    1. Enso Consulting, Lawnton, Australia

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  • Highlights the significant gaps in current project management theory and practice
  • Provides managers with new models for project management and value creation
  • Incorporates systems thinking and quantum mechanics for a holistic view of project management

Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Elephant

    • Gregory Usher
    Pages 1-24

  3. The Eco-System

    • Greg Usher
    Pages 25-49

  4. The Project

    • Gregory Usher
    Pages 51-88

  5. The Experience

    • Gregory Usher
    Pages 89-104

  6. Closing Thoughts

    • Gregory Usher
    Pages 105-106
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About this book

This is a different kind of book on project management. Using a narrative tone, humor and personal anecdotes, the author highlights the significant gaps in current project management theory as well as disparities within project management practice. This book then provides managers with new models for project management and value creation using chaos and complexity theories, systems thinking and quantum mechanics to explore a more holistic view of project management. Drawing on these bodies of knowledge, the author proposes the existence of an ecosystem that surrounds projects, explains how the project and its ecosystem are distinct, but co-dependent entities, and shows why both need to be managed using very different competencies.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Enso Consulting, Lawnton, Australia

    Gregory Usher

About the author

Dr. Greg Usher (PhD) is an Executive General Manager for the international consulting firm, RPS Group. In his role he manages a team of over 200 consultant client-side project managers, who manage high-value construction projects across Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Project Management, an Editorial board member and production manager for Project Management Research and Practice, and is a Certified Practicing Program Executive (the highest level available under the AIPM RegPM system). He has authored multiple peer-reviewed research papers and presented his findings at project management conferences, both in Australia and internationally.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Project Management in the 21st Century

  • Book Subtitle: What You Need to Know About the Elephant, Eco-system and Experience

  • Authors: Gregory Usher

  • Series Title: Management for Professionals

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71543-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71542-7Published: 03 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71545-8Published: 03 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71543-4Published: 02 July 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8096

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-810X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 106

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Project Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Risk Management

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