The Handbook of Project-Based Management (Henley Management Series) - Hardcover

Turner, Rodney; Taylor, Bernard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0077076567 ISBN 13: 9780077076566

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Australia, 1992

Synopsis

Demonstrates how to manage change through projects in order to achieve an organization's corporate strategy. Table of Contents--Introduction; Part I: The Context of Projects; Part II: Managing the Project Objectives; Part III: Undertaking Projects; Part IV: Managing Procedures and Systems; Part V: Applications. Index. 225 illustrations.

About this title

From the Publisher

 Gives practical guidance on how to manage the scope, organization and risk of a project.
 Provides comprehensive strategies for coping with project problems.
 Up to date coverage of standard project management procedures available including a description of Prince 2 and ISO 10,006.
 Improved coverage of multi-project management.
 Includes real life examples and case studies from around the world.

About the Author

Rodney Turner is Professor of Project Management at the Kemmy Business School of the University of Limerick and at the Lille School of Management. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney and Educatis University, Zurich, and Visiting Professor at Henley Management College and George Washington University. Rodney Turner is the author or editor of fourteen books. He is editor of The International Journal of Project Management, and has written articles for journals, conferences, and magazines. He lectures on and teaches project management worldwide.

From 1991 to 2004, Rodney was a member of Council of the UK’s Association for Project Management, with two years as Treasurer and two as Chairman. He is now a Vice-President. From 1999 to 2002, he was President and then Chairman of the International Project Management Association, the global federation of national associations in project management, of which APM is the largest member. He has also helped to establish the Benelux Region of the European Construction Institute as foundation Operations Director. Rodney is director of several SMEs and a member of the Institute of Directors. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Association for Project Management.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Australia
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0077076567
• ISBN 13: 9780077076566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 560