Strategic Project Organizing

ISBN-10: 0198861990
ISBN-13: 9780198861997
Category: Project management
Pages: 310
Language: English
Published: 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Authors: Graham Miles Winch, Eunice Maytorena, Natalya Sergeeva

Description

Strategic Project Organizing takes a unique approach to project management that places emphasis on the strategic and organizational aspects of projects and their leadership. Structured around the Three Domains model, it covers all the fundamental project management concepts, whilst guiding thereader through the organizational challenges of enabling positive change.Through the lens of strategic leadership, this text equips students to know how to respond proactively to threats, as well as seize opportunities, in order to advantageously change the socio-economic environment in an organization's favour. The text also helps students to understand the tools andtechniques adopted during the process of organizational transformation.All chapters offer review and discussion-based questions to encourage critical thinking; as well as case vignettes and a longer, end-of-chapter case study to help students apply theory to practice. Real life projects featured in the case studies include the Eden Project, the Thames Tideway Tunneland the Berlin Brandenburg Airport.The ebook offers a mobile experience and convenient access: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooksThe book's online resources include:For students:Web links to relevant videosWeb links to resources on group workAnswers/hints to the self-test and application questions in the bookFor lecturers:Test bankMajor teaching case on CATA 4Teaching notes for CATA 4 major teaching casePowerPoint slidesAdditional PowerPoint slides for 3-day teaching block

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