Human Factors in Project Management: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques for Inspiring Teamwork and Motivation

by Zachary Wong

In Human Factors in Project Management, author Zachary Wong―a noted trainer and acclaimed leader of more than 250 project teams―provides a summary of "people-based" management skills and techniques that can be applied when working in a team environment. This comprehensive resource brings together in one book new and current models in team motivation and integrates the most significant concepts in team motivation and behaviors into a single set of principles called "Human Factors." Wong shows how these factors can be applied to the most challenging issues facing project managers today including

Genres: Nonfiction, Management

368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

Written as if opinions are facts. Worth experimenting, but too many word and not enough meat.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some decent info about techniques to use when working with people with different personality types. Most of the examples were a little dry and unrealistic, though. Parts desperately needed some interesting examples, and others were just a string of examples with nothing to connect them.

[Mace · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book detailing group dynamics and good leadership qualities. If you really want to learn this, take the class Wong teaches at the UC Berkeley extension. It's a doozy, in the best way.