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Author : Robert Atkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781524926571
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Managing in Complex Environments written by Robert Atkin and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas W. Grisham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118276523
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)
Download or read book International Project Management written by Thomas W. Grisham and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory, practice, and example projects of international project management A Singaporean corporation builds a manufacturing facility in Cambodia, with a Chinese partner, a Cambodian government agency, and value chain organizations in Germany, Morocco, Vietnam, and Brazil. A Russian charity operates in the Balkans and the Persian Gulf. Pharmaceuticals and food come from ten different countries, physicians are from the EU and Russia, and donations are from Central Asia and the subcontinent. A transnational organization markets through divisions in eighty-two countries. The products are designed in Italy, Sweden, and France, with customization done in each respective country. International projects involve a complex network of cultures, politics, laws, languages, and resources that goes beyond the traditional training and experience of most project managers. International Project Management examines the different dimensions and responsibilities of international projects, and outlines what a project manager must know to lead global projects successfully. It also provides guidelines and examples for the international project management processes. This book explores the professional best practices of international projects, emphasizing the importance of leadership skills and virtual teamwork to successfully navigate an international project. Along with discussions on the process groups, such as initiating, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing out, this reference is organized according to these knowledge areas: Introduction to international project management Integration management HR management (Diversity & Communications) Scope management Cost and progress management Risk management Time management Customer satisfaction (Quality) Procurement management CPE in the future Integrating the PMBOK® Guide—Fourth Edition, and the ICB, International Project Management provides international project managers, whether experienced or beginners, with the high cross-cultural intelligence, creative communication skills, ability to establish and maintain dependable project management processes, and compelling curiosity to manage international projects successfully. (PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)
Author : Anabella Davila
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137026081
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Understanding Organizations in Complex, Emergent and Uncertain Environments written by Anabella Davila and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the concept of complexity and analyses how organizational governance can contribute to environmental sustainability. A common theme in these chapters is that organizations actively engage with their environments. Consequently, organizational responses are partly the result of iterative processes with the environment.
Author : Zhong Ying
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9814560642
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Project Communication Management in Complex Environments written by Zhong Ying and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book that deals with project communication management in complex environments, taking a leaf from China’s experience with a major earthquake in Sichuan, would be a timely contribution to fill this lacuna. Readers would be able to understand how companies and organizations that are unprepared for crisis management would react to their detriment. The lessons provided in this book are the only one of its kind to highlight the lessons for companies and organizations to prepare themselves for successful project communication management through the complexity-informed framework. Although the book is written by two building professionals, the concepts and lessons presented are generic and equally applicable for businesses outside of the construction industry; for example, for airports, resorts, hotels, shipyards, etc.
Author : Stephen J. Zaccaro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136709533
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Multiteam Systems written by Stephen J. Zaccaro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines an emerging organizational form called the multi-team system (MTS). This type of aggregation is being increasingly adopted by organizations and agencies that need to respond to complex strategic problems. There has been increasing interest in MTSs over the last decade to the point where there is now a need to (a) describe these organizational forms more fully, (b) build conceptual frames that can guide research, and (c) begin developing tools to improve the study of MTSs. The purpose of this book is to respond to these needs. The book contains a series of chapters that expand prior conceptual frames of MTSs, defining in more detail the compositional and linkage attributes that characterize such units. The book also explores how such systems emerge and develop, as well as the methods for studying MTSs. The intent of the book is to establish and nurture a strong conceptual and methodological foundation that can guide research and practice with MTSs. Because the notion of MTSs cuts across multiple domains, this book will interest scholars in industrial/organizational psychology, organizational science, management and organizational theory, human factors, sociology, organization communications, and public administration.
Author : Dr Jan Noyes
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409484971
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Decision Making in Complex Environments written by Dr Jan Noyes and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many complex systems in civil and military operations are highly automated with the intention of supporting human performance in difficult cognitive tasks. The complex systems can involve teams or individuals working on real-time supervisory control, command or information management tasks where a number of constraints must be satisfied. Decision Making in Complex Environments addresses the role of the human, the technology and the processes in complex socio-technical and technological systems. The aim of the book is to apply a multi-disciplinary perspective to the examination of the human factors in complex decision making. It contains more than 30 contributions on key subjects such as military human factors, team decision making issues, situation awareness, and technology support. In addition to the major application area of military human factors there are chapters on business, medical, governmental and aeronautical decision making. The book provides a unique blend of expertise from psychology, human factors, industry, commercial environments, the military, computer science, organizational psychology and training that should be valuable to academics and practitioners alike.
Author : Brian Ganson
Publisher : International Council of Swedish Industry
ISBN 13 : 9789163739910
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (399 download)
Download or read book Management in Complex Environments written by Brian Ganson and published by International Council of Swedish Industry. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companies operating in complex environments require a rigorous understanding of the economic, political, social and conflict dynamics of which they become part. Such insight helps them navigate substantial risks and challenges, grow their business even in unexpected places, work more effectively with local, national and international actors, and make meaningful contributions to stability and development. This book combines expert analysis, company case stories, and reflections from more than 100 business leaders. Drawing on a vast repository of knowledge and experience, it poses essential questions to better understand a particular complex environment and lead the company within it. It concretely demonstrates how leaders can help their companies meet their full range of goals - technical, financial, legal, reputation and social - by addressing the questions set out in this book. It is an invaluable resource for corporate practitioners and others concerned with company operations in complex environments. The book is the result of an intense and fruitful collaboration among the Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement, University of Stellenbosch Business School; the Corporate Engagement and Reflecting on Peace Practice Programs of CDA; the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform; the Institute for Business in the Global Context of The Fletcher School, Tufts University; the IRENE Institute of ESSEC Business School; the International Council of Swedish Industry; and the Stockholm Policy Group. Authors include Dost Bardouille-Crema, Diana Chigas, Brian Ganson, Kathleen Hamill, Paul Hollesen, Benjamin Miller, Cecile Renouard, Nicklas Svensson, and Achim Wennmann.
Author : Anne Eskola
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351674838
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Navigating Through Changing Times written by Anne Eskola and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complexity theory including the concepts of chaos and emergence has been considered one of the most revolutionary products of the 20th century having influence on science, technology and economics among others. Any complex systems, such as organisms, societies, stock market or the Internet, have emergent properties that cannot be reduced to the mere properties of their parts. The theory has been used in organizational studies and strategic management where it offers an alternative way to look at organizations. The theory rejects the idea of organizations seen as machines and a planned approach to organizational change. Instead, the theory underlines understanding on how organizations adapt to their environments. Complexity theory suggests that organizations tend to self-organize themselves to a state where they regulate themselves. Complexity theory would advocate for approaches that focus on flatter, more flexible organizations. It shifts focus from management control to self-organization and individual interrelations between different people. The aim of Navigating through Changing Times: Knowledge Work in Complex Environment is to give insights on how complexity has changed the environment of many business organizations. The book aims at identifying and discussing special features of business organizations performing knowledge work in a knowledge-oriented economy. Navigating through Changing Times: Knowledge Work in Complex Environment will be vital reading for those scholar and researchers in the fields of knowledge and wisdom management as well as organizational behavior and communication, HRM, strategy, culture, change and development and other related disciplines.
Author : Susanne Madsen
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0749472359
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (494 download)
Download or read book The Power of Project Leadership written by Susanne Madsen and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's 'more for less' culture, the expectations of project management and delivery are no longer limited to budgets, schedules and quality. For projects to make an impact and have lasting value, the project manager must be able to strategize, innovate, motivate, empower and collaborate - in other words, project managers must learn how to lead. The Power of Project Leadership helps you transform into an effective project leader by shifting your managerial mindset into one of inspiration, motivation and influence. The book describes what good project leadership looks like and explains how to make the transition using concrete tools and strategies. With underlying theories to help the reader understand how teams and individuals are motivated, it ensures that project managers lead with vision, continuously improve and innovate, work with intent, empower the team, get closer to stakeholders, remain authentic and establish a solid foundation for their projects. The book has a practical and engaging approach and draws on over 25 interviews with leading experts who have made the transition from project managers to project leaders. These experts come from a variety of sectors and companies; including Expedia, British Gas, Standard Bank, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Liquid Planner, and the UK Government.
Author : Kieran Duck
Publisher : Major Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1922611026
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (226 download)
Download or read book The Complex Project Toolkit written by Kieran Duck and published by Major Street Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide for project managers and leaders.Project managers are often responsible for big teams and millions (sometimes billions) of dollars to deliver successful outcomes on time and within budget. But the reality is, most complex projects don't live up to their promise - they often fail, under-deliver or get delivered but burn out everyone in the process. Author and experienced project manager, Kieran Duck, argues that this is because the normal approach to project management doesn't work when projects are complex. The traditional emphasis on certainty and predictability comes from an industrial era where the focus was on controlling resources and effort. These days projects are unpredictable, they are emergent and performance relies on the opinions of key stakeholders and team members.The Complex Project Toolkit provides a way through this. Based on the concepts of design thinking, this comprehensive toolkit adds to existing project management approaches with new mindsets, practices and skills that will lift the performance of your most ambitious projects and improve the experience for everyone involved.
Author : International Institute for Learning
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470927984
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Managing Complex Projects written by International Institute for Learning and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The application of project management techniques is considered standard practice in today's business environment. What is not widely known is that the learning gap separating good project management from exceptional project management is not as great as one might think yet, the difference in the return on value can be quite significant. Many factors determine how projects are approached, such as rapid shifts in technology, a fluctuating market, changes in a business's organizational structure, and politics. As these forces add to a project's complexity and duration, project managers must develop strategies that allow them to think outside the box and create new on-the-go methodologies. Managing Complex Projects delivers the tools necessary to take on an unpredictable economy with an adaptable battle plan proven to meet the differing needs of an ever-expanding set of partners and stakeholders involved in a project. This book shows how to solve some of the issues facing today's project manager, including: Dealing with multiple virtual teams located around the world Working with partners and stakeholders that may have limited project management tools and experience Adjusting to long-term projects in which the stakeholders may change Managing projects where stated goals and objectives differ among stakeholders This book shows how companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and Siemens are exploring new avenues to aid them in taking on complex projects by combining "hard" skills, such as risk management and scheduling, with "soft" skills that focus on interpersonal communication. Managing Complex Projects serves as a lifesaver for time-crunched project managers looking for new ways to maximize their efforts.
Author : Wael R. Khalil, Ph.d.
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500513955
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Complexity Management Managing Organizations in Complex Environments written by Wael R. Khalil, Ph.d. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the existing literature on organizational management tends to oversimplify the issue, distilling the occupation down to a handful of principles. But how many managers feel as though their daily work is that simple and straightforward? If you want a more detailed perspective on management in the midst of complex and turbulent environments, then this is the guide for you. In it, Wael Rushdi Khalil, PhD, brings his twenty-five years' experience in business strategy formulation and implementation, as well as his extensive research, to help managers and leaders optimize their approach for success. He illustrates conceptual frameworks from a dynamic, strategic perspective that encompass a structured set of valuable principles and sub-elements. The presented examples and data are based on his research on the construction industry in Qatar, with Grade A companies and their managers who were engaged at the strategic level. It is an exploratory study, both quantitative and qualitative in approach, which illuminates comprehensive solutions that allow managers and practitioners to lead their organizations and firms through uncertain situations and complex environments to greater success!
Author : Simon Torp
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839824786
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Adapting to Environmental Challenges written by Simon Torp and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adapting To Environmental Challenges: New Research In Strategy And International Business provides new perspectives to understand strategic adaptation in international business contexts based on corporate responsible behavior and cultural sensitivity as the ingredients for agile operations and a resilient multinational organization.
Author : Neil Alderman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134423616
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Managing Complex Projects written by Neil Alderman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerned with the management of complex long-term engineering projects, this important volume, of great interest to postgraduate students of business, technology management and engineering, reports on a set of rich, novel and unique findings concerning the conduct and management of three high profile and complex projects. The major investments which constitute complex long-term projects represent an increasingly important source of economic activity, often with particularly significant consequences for economic growth and public policy. This informative volume expertly contributes to broader debates concerning new organizational forms, knowledge management and organizational learning and the management of innovation in project-based settings.
Author : Donald Norman Sull
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544409906
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (444 download)
Download or read book Simple Rules written by Donald Norman Sull and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines an approach to high-performance problem solving and decision making that draws on insights from survival guides, pop culture, and other sources.
Author : Tom Kendrick
Publisher : AMACOM
ISBN 13 : 0814436935
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)
Download or read book How to Manage Complex Programs written by Tom Kendrick and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To see a program successfully through to completion, a program manager must break the work down into simpler, smaller pieces and organize it into interdependent tasks…and this book helps you do just that. Projects require managers, but programs warrant maestros. Tasked with overseeing multiple project teams and thousands of activities, program managers have one of the most challenging jobs in the market. Too many overburdened managers are leaving otherwise great jobs, even the field entirely, because they haven’t equipped themselves with the right tools in hand to take on this complex but fulfilling job. Complete with diagrams, graphs, and real-life examples, How to Manage Complex Programs explains the ins and outs of program management and provides concrete and effective techniques for structuring deliverables, workflow, and staffing. You will learn to: Decompose complex deliverables into manageable chunks Develop coherent plans for component projects Handle cross-project dependencies Organize program staff and project leaders into a high-performing team Yes, program management is challenging but the most rewarding jobs always are. Don’t let yourself become overburdened and tempted to leave a field in high demand of hard workers such as yourself. These proven strategies are the key to finding both relief and success!
Author : Howard Eisner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118006690
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Managing Complex Systems written by Howard Eisner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine innovative methods to think outside the box and solve complex system problems Managing Complex Systems provides specific tools and guidance needed to be a more creative and innovative thinker. Following the author's methodology, the reader will be better able to devise and implement nontraditional solutions to seemingly intractable complex problems. By challenging the reader to think in new and creative ways, the book offers a road map to success, whether measured in terms of competitive advantage, greater market share, improved productivity, or higher profits, all based upon better solutions to difficult problems. The first four chapters set the foundation for creative thinking by exploring the nature of large-scale systems and complexity, thinking inside and outside the box, and examples of how an inventive mind solves problems in both management and scientific domains. Subsequent chapters address nine focused methods that the author has formulated to help the reader think outside the box: * Broaden and generalize * Crossover * Question conventional wisdom * Back of the envelope * Expanding the dimensions * Obversity * Remove constraints * Thinking with pictures * Systems approach Real-life examples are provided for each method that demonstrate how the approach enhances problem solving and decision making in system development and management. Following the discussion of the nine methods, the author examines group decision making as well as additional creative thinking procedures devised by other researchers, including references that assist in exploring these methods in greater detail. The author ends with a wrap-up chapter that includes a test to help readers practice their tendencies toward creative thinking skills and action with respect to solving real-world problems. The nine methods discussed in this book have broad applicability and can be used successfully by managers with a wide range of responsibilities in business and technology. For anyone who is tired of the same old approach with the same old results, this book is essential reading.
