Perspectives on Projects

Turner, Rodney J.

ISBN 10: 0415993733 / ISBN 13: 9780415993739

Published by Routledge, 2010

About this Item

Aims to describe for students, researchers and managers the full range of skills that project managers can use to develop their methodologies. The authors group the skills into nine perspectives, representing nine schools of project management research and theory. It is suitable for those involved in project management. Num Pages: 368 pages, 93 black & white illustrations, 52 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KJMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 680. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perspectives on Projects
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415993733
• ISBN 13: 9780415993739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Modern project management had its genesis in the field of operations research in the late 1940s, but today it is a much more diverse subject. It has evolved and developed a much wider range of methods, techniques, and skills that the project manager can draw upon.

Not all these skills are relevant to every project, but an assortment of them will be relevant to most. This book aims to describe for students, researchers and managers the full range of skills that project managers can use to develop their methodologies.The authors group the skills into nine perspectives, representing nine schools of project management research and theory. By attaching a metaphor to each of these perspectives, students, researchers and managers are better able to understand each approach and decide whether it is best suited to the development of a strategy for managing their project.

Perspectives on Projects builds upon the various theoretical orientations that the field of project management has developed. Featuring several case studies, drawn from a variety of settings, to illustrate how the different schools can provide different perspectives on projects, this book is an ideal text for anyone involved in project management.

About the Author

Rodney Turner is Professor of Project Management at the Lille School of Management, France and at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. He has also authored or edited thirteen books, written numerous articles for journals, conferences and magazines and is editor of The International Journal of Project Management.

Martina Huemann is a Researcher at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.

Frank Anbari is Professor of Project Management at Drexel University, USA. He is a board member on several journals on project management.

Christophe Bredillet is Deputy Director General and Dean of Postgraduate Programs & Research, at Lille School of Management, France. He is editor of the Project Management Journal.