Project management can seem like an impossible task things rerely go as planned. To manage a project, you need insight into human behavior, knowledge of organizational issues, and skill with quantitative methods. Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Seventh Edition helps you not only acquire these basic skills but prepares you to deal with the unexpected which, as every good project man ager knows, is always to be expected.
In the Seventh Edition, authors Jack Meredith and Samuel J. Mantel, Jr., Draw from their own extensive experience in operations management to show you how to select, initiate, operate, and control all types of projects, Most of all, they prepare you for dealing with the mumerous organizational, interpersonal, economic, and technical glitches that can create crises in the life cycle of every project.
Chapter 1 The World of Projects
Chapter 2 Selecting Projects Strategically
Chapter 3 The Role of the Project Manager
Chapter 4 Working and Partnering with Others
Chapter 5 The Role of Projects in the Organization
Chapter 6 Planning the Work Activities
Chapter 7 Project Costs and Budgets
Chapter 8 Project Activity Scheduling
Chapter 9 Allocating Resources to the Project
Chapter 10 Information Requirements for the Project
Chapter 11 Controlling Project Execution
Chapter 12 Evaluating the Project
Chapter 13 Completing the Project
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Subject Index