Project Leadership

by Timothy J. Kloppenborg, Arthur Shriberg, Jayashree Venkatraman

Overview

This book traces the development of project leadership as fundamental to completing projects effectively, delineates the leadership tasks that must be accomplished at each step of a project’s life, and helps the reader develop wisdom in making decisions both by learning the ramifications of certain decisions and by seeing how those decisions are made in an example project.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567261455
Publisher:	Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Series:	The Project Management Essential Library
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Timothy J. Kloppenborg, Ph.D., PMP is an associate professor of Management at Williams College of Business, Xavier University, and President of Kloppenborg and Associates, a consulting and training company that specializes in project management. He holds an MBA from Western Illinois University and a Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of Cincinnati.
Arthur Shriberg, EdD, is a professor of Leadership at Xavier University. Dr. Shriberg has been vice president or dean at four universities and is currently the chair of the Board of Commissioners for the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission and a senior consultant at Pope & Associates, a n international diversity and management consulting firm. He holds degrees from the Wharton School of Business (BS), Xavier University (Executive Business), Boston University (Med), and Teachers College, Columbia University (EdD).
Jayashree Venkatraman, MS, MBA, is an independent consultant providing business-to-business solutions and other solutions to companies. She holds a BS in physics and an MS in computer applications from the University of Madras, India, an MBA from Xavier University, and a certificate in Project Management from the University of Cincinnati.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Origins of Project Leadership
Chapter 2. Project Initiating
Chapter 3. Project Planning
Chapter 4. Project Executing
Chapter 5. Project Closing
Chapter 6. Project Leadership Challenges
Appendix A. Project Leadership Assessment: Organizational
Appendix B. Project Leadership Assessment: Individual
Appendix C. Project Leadership Assessment: Team

Glossary
Bibliography
Index