Project Management: The Managerial Process with Student CD and MS Project CD (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series Operations and Decision Sciences) by Clifford F. Gray and Erik W. Larson

Clifford F. Gray; Erik W. Larson

ISBN 10: 0073126993 / ISBN 13: 9780073126999

Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Project Management: The Managerial Process with Student CD and MS Project CD (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series Operations and Decision Sciences) by Clifford F. Gray and Erik W. Larson
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0073126993
• ISBN 13: 9780073126999
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This text approaches Project Management from a holistic, balanced perspective. The text is developed around a philosophy of a project-driven organization committed to continuous improvement and organizational learning. The text is holistic--it directs attention to the needed linkage between projects and organizational strategy. Many project management textbooks emphasize the technical aspects of the subject, while providing scant attention to the human element in projects. This text succeeds in redressing the balance by treating both the technical and the behavioral aspects of the subject in nearly equal parts. Such a balance is possible because of the complementary backgrounds of the authors: Gray, a specialist in project management systems with an operations background, provides strong technical coverage of project management. Larson, whose professional background is in organizational behavior, brings a distinctive behavioral perspective to the subject.

About the Authors

Professor emeritus of management at the College of Business, Oregon State University. He continues to teach undergraduate and graduate project management courses overseas and in the United States; he has personally taught more than 100 executive development seminars and workshops. His research and consulting interests have been divided equally between operations management and project management; he has published numerous articles in these areas, plus a text on project management. He has also conducted research with colleagues in the International Project Management Association. Cliff has been a member of the Project Management Institute since 1976 and was one of the founders of the Portland, Oregon, chapter. He has been the president of Project Management International, Inc. (a training and consulting firm specializing in project management) since 1977. He received his B.A. in economics and management from Millikin University, M.B.A. from Indiana University, and doctorate in operations management from the College of Business, University of Oregon.

Professor of project management in the department of management, marketing, and international business at the College of Business, Oregon State University. He teaches executive, graduate, and undergraduate courses on project management, organizational behavior, and leadership. His research and consulting activities focus on project management. He has published numerous articles on matrix management, product development, and project partnering. He has been a member of the Portland, Oregon, chapter of the Project Management Institute since 1984. In 1995 he worked as a Fullbright scholar with faculty at the Krakow Academy of Economics on modernizing Polish business education. In 2005 he was a visiting professor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He received a B.A. in psychology from Claremont McKenna College and a Ph.D. in management from State University of New York at Buffalo. He is a certified project management professional (PMP).