Mastering the Leadership Role in Project Management - Alexander Laufer

In this book project management expert Dr. Alexander Laufer leads an all-star team of practitioners and thought leaders in presenting a powerful project leadership framework. Laufer's framework addresses the toughest challenges of new product development: large complex projects composed of many diverse geographically distributed and highly interdependent components; organizational change; and repeated and risky tasks. Laufer reveals core leadership principles that are crucial to successful project leadership in dynamic and complex environments regardless of industry project goals or stakeholders. Then together with his contributors he presents eight chapter-length case studies covering exceptionally challenging projects in a wide spectrum of industries and products - from developing missiles to reorganizing companies building spacecraft and dairy plants to flying solar-powered airplanes. Readers will discover new ways to unleash the power of autonomy and learning; adapt to change on a timely basis; give up control without losing control; use face-to-face interaction to maximize alignment; manage no fun missions in hostile environments; deliver on bold ideas through sheer preparation; learn from practice - and unlearn lessons that need to be unlearned. Mastering the Leadership Role in Project Management will be invaluable to executives project leaders and aspiring project leaders in all organizations - regardless of their project goals backgrounds or experience.

TITLE: Mastering the Leadership Role in Project Management

AUTHOR: Alexander Laufer

SKU: 9780132620345

PUBLISHER: Pearson Education (US)

DATE PUBLISHED: 23/04/2012

PLACE PUBLISHED: United States

PAGES: 272

BINDING: Hardback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 163 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm

WEIGHT: 510 gr