Textbook of Project Management (Finance and Capital Markets Series) 1st Edition  (English, Paperback, Rama Moorthy, P Gopalakrishnan)

The book provides the first ever comprehensive treatment of all textual aspects of project management and emphasises on the key techniques with illustrations.

The book is useful for practising executives in the field of planning, economics, finance, control and capital investment.

About The Author
P Gopalakrishnan Formerly senior faculty, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad.

Rama Moorthy Associate Member of Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.

Table of Contents

• Part I: Project Planning – Indian Project Management Scenario
• Project Asset: Issues and Problems
• Gantt Chart and LOB
• Network Analysis
• Programme Evaluation and Review Technique
• Critical Path Method
• Compression on Critical Path
• Resource Monitoring and Control
• Part II: Contract Management – Principles of Project Contracts
• Projects Contracting Process
• Compilation of Project Contracts
• Practical Aspects of Contract
• Legal Aspects of Project Management
• Global Tender and BEC
• Negotiations for Projects
• Insurance of Projects
• Part III: Project Buying, HRD and Computer – Projects Procurement Process
• Life-cycle Costing
• Project Cost Reduction Methods
• Project Stores
• Organisation and HRD Issues
• Role of Computer
• Project Management in Japan and Germany
• Part IV: Investment Feasibility Studies – Managing Project Resources Flow
• Project Feasibility Studies – Stages
• Project Feasibility Studies – Components
• Dynamics of Project Cost
• Estimation of Capital Cost
• Estimating Operating Costs
• Forecasting Income
• Estimation of Investment and Return on Investment
• Project Evaluation Under Uncertainty
• Cost of Capital
• Financial Sources, Concepts, Practices
• Role of Development of Financial Institutions
• Appraisal Processes, Concepts and Techniques
• Commercial vs National Profitability
• Interface with Industrial Sickness
• Project Monitoring and M.I.S.
• Project Cost Overruns and Cost Control
• Project Audit
• Frontier Issues in Project Management
• Part V: Project Management – Case Studies
• Select Bibliography
• Index