Creating the Project Office: A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change

Randall L. Englund/ Robert Graham/ Paul C. Dinsmore

ISBN 10: 0787963984 / ISBN 13: 9780787963989

Published by Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2003

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1st edition. 307 pages. 10.00x7.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating the Project Office: A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787963984
• ISBN 13: 9780787963989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

"Creating the Project Office" is written for managers who are searching for ways to transform their organizations into more effective and efficient project-based workplaces. As this important book reveals, there is no more effective way to make that change than to create a project office tailored to the needs of the organization. While a project office model leads to better products from projects, it is also a vehicle for generating overall organizational change - by transforming the organization from function-based to project-based. This model incorporates projects into the very fabric of the organizational strategy and revitalizes organizations, creates competitive advantage, and increases shareholder value.

About the Author

Randall L. Englund is an executive consultant, speaker, and trainer. Englund was a project manager at Hewlett-Packard in new product development and a consultant on their Project Management Initiative team, which provided world-wide corporate leadership for the continuous improvement of project management. Robert J. Graham is an independent project management consultant and senior associate with the Strategic Management Group. Graham was a senior staff member at the Management and Behavioral Sciences Center at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He taught in the MBA and Ph.D. programs and the Wharton Effective Executive program. Graham and Englund coauthored Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (Jossey-Bass). Paul C. Dinsmore is president of Dinsmore Associates, an international management consulting and training firm. He is certified as PMP-- Project Management Professional-- and received the Distinguished Contributions and Fellow Awards from the Project Management Institute, where he is also on the Board of the Educational Foundation. He is the author of eight books, including Winning in Business with Enterprise Project Management.