Project management
Subtitle: a managerial approach
Contributors: Mantel, Samuel J., author; Shafer, Scott M., author
Edition: Ninth edition, International student version / Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel, Jr., Scott M. Shafer.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 491
ISBN-13: 9781118945834
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Project management; Business and Management
Description: This title offers readers an insight into human behaviour, knowledge of organisational issues and quantitative methods needed to do project management. He emphasises the challenges they'll face including planning, negotiating, budgeting, communicating and scheduling.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Projects in contemporary organizations; title: Strategic management and project selection --; title: The project manager --; title: Managing conflict and the art of negotiation --; title: The project in the organizational structure --; title: Project activity and risk planning --; title: Budgeting: estimating costs and risks --; title: Scheduling --; title: Resource allocation --; title: Monitoring and information systems --; title: Project control --; title: Project auditing --; title: Project termination.