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The book is primarily intended for use as a college textbook for teaching project management at the advanced undergraduate or master's level. The text is appropriate for classes on the management of service, product, engineering projects, as well as information systems (IS). Thus, we have included some coverage of material concerning information systems and how IS projects differ from and are similar to regular business projects. The authors draw upon their personal experiences working with project managers and on the experience of friends and colleagues who have spent much of their working lives serving as project managers in the real world. Thus, in contrast to the books that are about project management, this book teaches students how to do project management. Project Management: A Managerial Approach 5E addresses project management from a management perspective rather than a cookbook, special area treatise, or collection of loosely associated articles. It addresses the basic nature of managing all types of projects - public, business, engineering, information systems, and so on - as well as specific techniques and insights required to carry out this unique way of getting things done. It deals with the problems of selecting projects, initiating them, and operating and controlling them. It discusses the demands made on the project manager and the nature of the manager's interaction with the rest of the parent organization. It covers the difficult problems associated with conducting a project using people and organizations that represent different cultures and may be separated by considerable distances. It even covers the issues arising when the decision is made to terminate a project.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons AND Sons LTD
ISBN-139780471073239
eBay Product ID (ePID)87600039
Product Key Features
Number of Pages690 Pages
Publication NameProject Management: a Managerial Approach
LanguageEnglish
SubjectManagement
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
AuthorSamuel J. Mantel Jr, Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel, Jr.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height245 mm
Item Weight1276 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel, Jr., Samuel J. Mantel Jr