Applied Project Management: Best Practices on Implementation - Hardcover

Kerzner, Harold R.

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9780471363521: Applied Project Management: Best Practices on Implementation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471363529 ISBN 13: 9780471363521
Publisher: Wiley, 1999

Synopsis

Putting project management to work-best practices for achieving excellence.

Harold Kerzner's landmark Project Management has long been the reference of choice for outstanding coverage of the basic principles and concepts of project management. Now this book takes the next step-converting theory into practice to address the application and implementation of project management in the real world. Informed by Harold Kerzner's extensive original research and accessible approach, it is essential reading for today's and tomorrow's professionals involved in project management. Features include:
* Commentaries from managers at leading corporations who share their decision-making processes-including the successes and mistakes-for project management implementation
* Twenty-five case studies highlighting crucial project management issues, problems, and solutions
* Helpful end-of-chapter learning aids, including questions and puzzles

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About the Author

HAROLD KERZNER, PhD, prominent instructor for the International Institute of Learning (IIL), is currently Professor of Systems Management at Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio and President of Project Management Associates, a consulting and training firm that conducts seminars for leading U.S. and international corporations. He is the recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois, and has taught engineering at that institution and business administration at Utah State University, where he received the 1998 Distinguished Service Award. The Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Project Management Institute has honored Dr. Kerzner by instituting the Kerzner Award for Project Management Excellence.

From the Back Cover

Putting project management to work-best practices for achieving excellence.

Harold Kerzner's landmark Project Management has long been the reference of choice for outstanding coverage of the basic principles and concepts of project management. Now this book takes the next step-converting theory into practice to address the application and implementation of project management in the real world. Informed by Harold Kerzner's extensive original research and accessible approach, it is essential reading for today's and tomorrow's professionals involved in project management. Features include:
* Commentaries from managers at leading corporations who share their decision-making processes-including the successes and mistakes-for project management implementation
* Twenty-five case studies highlighting crucial project management issues, problems, and solutions
* Helpful end-of-chapter learning aids, including questions and puzzles

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Wiley
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471363529
ISBN 13 
9780471363521
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
544
Rating
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