Gower Handbook of People in Project Management

by Dennis Lock (Editor), Lindsay Scott

Modern projects are all about one group of people delivering benefits to others, so it's no surprise that the human element is fundamental to project management. The Gower Handbook of People in Project Management is a complete guide to the human dimensions involved in projects. The book is a unique and rich compilation of over 60 chapters about project management roles and the people who sponsor, manage, deliver, work in or are otherwise important to project success. It looks at the people-issues that are specific to different sectors of organization (public, private and third sector); the organization of people in projects, both real and virtual; the relationship between people, their roles and the project environment; and the human behaviours and skills associated with working collaboratively. Thus this comprehensive and innovative handbook discusses all the important topics associated with employing, developing and managing people for successful projects. The contributors have been drawn from around the world and include experts ranging from practising managers to academics and advanced researchers. The Handbook is divided into six parts, which begin with management and project organization and progress through to more advanced and emerging practices. It benefits hugely from Lindsay Scott's expert knowledge and experience in this field and from Dennis Lock's contributions and meticulous editing to ensure that the text and illustrations are always lucid and informative.

908 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 22, 2016

Reviews

[Ledger Kitty Denis · Rating 1 out of 5]

Consider că cartea tratează cu superficialitate domeniul managementului deoarece în mare parte din ea unele idei nu sunt explicate mai detaliat cum ar fi la capitolul de contabilitate, unde subcapitolele cu profitul pe produs și costul total sau global. Lucrarea merge pe modelul lucrărilor academice de la universități, unde se pune foarte mult accentul pe un limbaj complicat, multă teorie, exerciții să fie acolo ceva calculat chiar dacă nu tot ce se întâmplă sau orice operațiune poate fi preconizat. Lucrările de genul, în special cele de management ar trebui să fie scurte și la obiect cât să ajute și un neinițiat în ale managementului despre ce se vorbește. Mai este și problema timpului alocat lecturări cărți, deorece oamenii sunt pe fugă, în special manageri. Dacă lucrarea îți dă mai mult de furcă în înțelegerea termenilor, atunci lucrarea nu a fost realizată pentru a te face să înțelegi managementul, iar asta ar trebui să ridice ceva semne de întrebare legat de volumul mare de lucrări scrise despre management, motivație, fericire sau despre leadership care sunt scrise doar pentru a face bani și cam atât.
English
I think the book treats the field of management superficially because in much of it some ideas are not explained in more details such as in the accounting chapter, where the sub-chapters on profit per product and total or overall cost. The paper goes on the model of academic papers in universities where a lot of emphasis is put on complicated language, a lot of theory, exercises to be there something calculated even if not everything that happens or any operation can be predicted. Papers like this, especially management papers, should be short and to the point enough to help even a non-management novice understand what they are talking about. There is also the problem of time allocated to reading books, because people are on the run, especially managers. If the work gives you more trouble understanding the terms, then the work was not written to make you understand management, and that should raise some questions about the large volume of works written about management, motivation, happiness or leadership that are written just to make money and that's about it.