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001 2005020322
003 DLC
005 20050919091429.0
008 050718s2006 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005020322
020 $a0749444797
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHD69.P75$b.M365 2006
082 00 $a658.3/12404$222
100 1 $aMartin, Vivien,$d1947-
245 10 $aManaging projects in human resources, training and development /$cVivien Martin.
260 $aLondon ;$aSterling, VA :$bKogan Page, Ltd.,$cc2006.
263 $a0602
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWhat is a project? -- Projects and change -- Features of a project -- Aims -- Setting clear objectives -- Key dimensions of a project -- People in projects -- Projects in HR, training and development -- Outcomes and multiple outcomes -- Achieving outcomes -- Scoping the project -- Why scope a project? -- The life of a project -- Questions, evidence and decisions -- Does this project meet a need? -- Does it help to achieve organizational goals? -- Have we considered all the options? -- Option appraisal -- Cost effectiveness -- Opportunities and threats -- Is this project feasible? -- Should we do a pilot study? -- Is the benefit worth the cost? -- Defining the project -- Working with the sponsor -- Will the project be supported? -- Stakeholder mapping -- Working with your stakeholders -- Creating the project brief -- Structure of the project brief -- Managing risk -- Risk and contingency planning -- Preparing to manage risks -- Risk assessment and impact analysis --Strategies for dealing with risk -- A contingency plan -- A framework for managing risk -- Influencing stakeholders -- Outline planning -- Where do you start? -- Developing a project plan -- Using a logic diagram -- Identifying deliverables -- Estimating time and costs -- Estimating time -- Work breakdown structure -- Staff costs -- Avoiding abusive practices -- Equipment costs -- Materials costs -- Estimating revenues and intangible benefits -- Who should estimate? -- Planning for quality -- Scheduling -- Timing and sequence -- Drawing up a Gantt chart -- Using computer programs to plan and schedule -- Identifying the critical path -- Implementing the project -- Drawing up the implementation plan -- Team structure -- Planning team responsibilities -- Making it happen -- Resourcing -- Managing project activities during implementation -- Keeping an overview -- Monitoring and control -- Monitoring -- Milestones -- Maintaining balance -- Controlling change -- Communications -- Communications in a project -- Why is good communication needed? -- How can communication be provided? -- Managing the flow of information -- Providing information for those who need it -- Where is information needed? -- Access to information and confidentiality -- What might hinder communication -- Leadership and teamworking -- The nature of leadership -- Leadership in a project -- Power in leadership of projects -- Style in leadership of projects -- Leadership roles in a project -- Motivation and teamworking -- Team development -- Managing yourself -- Managing people and performance -- Preparing for good performance -- Managing performance of teams in a project -- Managing relationships and conflict -- Making requirements explicit -- Ensuring that the team have the necessary skills and experience -- Developing collaboration -- Dealing with poor performance -- Completing the project -- Handover and delivery -- Delivering with style -- Planning for a successful conclusion -- Closing the project -- Closure checklists -- Dismantling the team -- Project drift -- Evaluating the project -- Evaluation during a project -- Evaluation at the end of a project -- Designing a formal evaluation -- Planning an evaluation -- Analysing and reporting the results -- Follow-up to the report -- Reporting the project -- Writing a project report -- Characteristics of a good report -- Style, structure and format -- Reporting the project to gain an academic or professional award -- Making effective presentations -- Understanding your audience -- Who is in your audience? -- Purpose and content -- Delivery -- Learning from the project -- Organizational learning about management of projects -- Sharing learning from a project -- Individual development from a project -- Management development through leading a project.
650 0 $aProject management.
650 0 $aPersonnel management.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020322.html