Project Management:A Managerial Approach, 6th Ed  (English, Paperback, Mantel Samuel J)

Project Management: A Managerial Approach, 6th Edition addresses project management from a management perspective rather than a cookbook, special area treatise, or collection of loosely associated articles. It addresses the basic nature of managing all types of projects - public, business, engineering, information systems, and so on - as well as specific techniques and insights required to carry out this unique way of getting things done. It deals with the problems of selecting projects, initiating them, and operating and controlling them. It discusses the demands made on the project manager and the nature of the manager's interaction with the rest of the parent organization. It covers the difficult problems associated with conducting a project using people and organizations that represent different cultures and may be separated by considerable distances. It even covers the issues arising when the decision is made to terminate a project.

About The Author
Jack Meredith is currently Professor of Management & Broyhill Distinguished Scholar & Chair in Operations at the Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University. Dr. Meredith's research has focused on the strategic and operational problems that managers face, particularly those concerning the management of advanced technology. He received his BS and BSME at Oregon State University and his MBA and PhD at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Meredith has written eight books on operations management, project management and management science, including Project Management and Operations Management for MBAs. He serves as outgoing editor in chief of the Journal of Operations Management. He received the school's inaugural Cowan Research Prize in 2002, the Academy of Management's 2003 Distinguished OM Scholar Award, and was inducted into the Oregon State University Engineering Hall of Fame in 2004.

Table Of Contents

• Projects in Contemporary Organization

Part I: Project Initiation

• Strategic Management and Project Selection
• The Project Manager
• Project Organization
• Project Planning
• Conflict and Negotiation

Part II: Project Implementation

• Budgeting and Cost Estimation
• Scheduling
• Resource Allocation
• Monitoring and Information Systems
• Project Control

Part III: Project Termination

• Project Auditing
• Project Termination

Photo Credits
Name Index
Subject Index