Management Skills for Project Leaders: What to do when you do not know what to do / Edition 1

by Marie-Claude Foster

Overview

Managing projects involves being able to deal with uncertainty and complexity in the workplace, but traditional management models have severe limitations under these circumstances. We require new paradigms to help us make sense of the world in which we live and work. This book is the result of many workshops and courses for project leaders working in a variety of settings in low- and middle-income countries. It brings together some of the thoughts of leading management writers in an accessible form, using fictitious case studies to illustrate important points. The various activities described can be used in workshops, by project leaders and managers. The book is of interest to project leaders both in the governmental (public) and voluntary sector as well as members of non-governmental organisations from a wide range of disciplines, e.g. health, agriculture and community development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783764364236
Publisher:	Birkhäuser Basel
Publication date:	12/12/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	202
Sales rank:	1,035,073
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Foster, Marie-Claude

Table of Contents

1 Dealing with uncertainty and complexity.- 2 Managing complexity – unhelpful and effective strategies.- 3 Decision-making in the face of complexity and an unknown future.- 4 Valuable perspectives to help us deal with complexity.- 5 Empowerment and self-development.- 6 Facilitating the development of staff.- 7 The unlearning and learning organisation.- 8 The change process.- 9 Change agent skills.