The project manager's MBA
Subtitle: how to translate project decisions into business success
By: Dennis J. Cohen, Robert J. Graham.
Contributors: Graham, Robert J., 1946-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass business & management series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Project management.
Description: "This book provides a crash course in the business basics that every project manager needs to understand. The authors - former instructors at the Wharton School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania - teach readers skills that can ensure that their projects not only meet their technical objectives but their company's business objectives as well. And they introduce a unique online calculator that makes it easy to anticipate the effect each project decision will have on the bottom line.

Filled with vital lessons for real-world situations, The Project Manager's MBA will quickly have project managers acting like entrepreneurs and thinking like CEOs."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: An entrepreneurial approach to managing projects; title: Accounting and finance basics for the project management entrepreneur; title: Business strategy : where are we going and how are we going to get there?; title: Project management processes for business results; title: Marketing and the project manager : understanding the customer and the competition too; title: Project and post-project costs; title: Why finance matters for project managers; title: Decision making and the business systems approach; title: The project venture development process.