Second Order Project Management.
Title:
Second Order Project Management.
Author:
Cavanagh, Michael, Mr.
ISBN:
9781409410959
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (145 pages)
Series:
Advances in Project Management
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Music Examples -- About the Author -- Author's Note -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Uncertainty, Complexity and Impact on Projects -- 1 What Makes Projects Complex? -- 2 First and Second Order Project Management -- 3 Leadership in an Uncertain World -- 4 Outcomes and Ethics -- Part II: Second Order Tools and Tactics -- 5 The Systems Approach to Project Management -- 6 Experiential Learning -- 7 Appropriate Contracting -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The Project Leaders' Commentary -- Appendix 2: Using the Systems Anatomy - a Case Study -- References -- Some Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index.
Abstract:
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got, and if what you've always got isn't good enough, you need to do something else. Second Order Project Management will help alleviate the frustration that every member of the profession has experienced when trying to gain approval for investment in process improvement from sponsors. Illustrated by extracts from a series of interviews with an international group of very senior managers responsible for managing highly complex projects, Michael Cavanagh explains there is nothing magical, or even complicated, about 2nd Order Project Management.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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