Develop essential skill set to manage and deliver projects critical to business success
Project Management, 5th edition, by Maylor and Turner offers an in-depth and contemporary account of the theory and practice of project management. Anchored in the authors' extensive teaching, research and consulting experience, the title discusses project complexities through various facets of project leadership: managerial, relational and entrepreneurial. It draws on recent research as well as new and original models and frameworks to provide a critical appraisal of project management.
This new edition is ideal for students on undergraduate, masters and MBA programmes, as well as for professionals practising in this dynamic field.
Highlights of Project Management are:
a critical appraisal of project management, drawing on recent research and new and original models and frameworks
all sections across the text are linked to appropriate theoretical work whilst emphasising its use as theory in practice
completely rewritten chapter on Project Leadership describes different models of leadership and motivation and their impacts
new and revised real-world examples such as responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and social justice projects from around the world
Project Management in Practice case studies include the rescue of Crossrail, Norway's QA process for planning major projects and the construction of Heathrow Terminal 5.
About the authors:
Harvey Maylor is Professor of Management Practice at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Prior to that, he was the Founding Director of the International Centre for Programme Management at Cranfield University.
Neil Turner is a Professor at Cranfield School of Management, having joined from a previous career as an engineering manager in a major multinational telecommunications firm. He has published widely in prestigious journals.
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