Advances in Project Management Narrated Journeys in Unchartered Territory - Dalcher, Darren (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2014)
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; About the Editor; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Uncertainty: Managing Project Uncertainty; That Uncertain Feeling; 2 Strategic Risk: When do Projects Begin? Addressing Strategic Project Appraisal Issues; Strategic Project Risk Appraisal and Management; 3 Risk: Risks or Projects?; Managing Risk in Projects: What's New?; 4 Governance: Facing Uncertainty: Project Governance and Control; Project Governance; 5 Programme Management: Managing Uncertainty through Programmes; Programme Management beyond Standards and Guides
6 Risk Leadership: Beyond Tame Problems: The Case for Risk LeadershipThe Application of the 'New Sciences' to Risk and Project Management; 7 Leadership: In Search of Project Leadership; Project-oriented Leadership; 8 Earned Value: Progress and Performance: The Case for Extending Earned Value Management; Effective Measurement of Time Performance using Earned Value Management; 9 Spiritual Inspiration: Inspiration in Teams: Searching for a New Intelligence; Spirituality in Project Management Teams; 10 Ethics: Project Ethics and Professionalism: The Making of a Profession?
Project Ethics: The Critical Path to Development11 Stakeholders: Can We Satisfy Project Stakeholders?; What Does the Project Stakeholder Value?; 12 Supply Chains: Managing Connected Supply Chains; Managing Project Supply Chains; 13 Second Order Project Management: Making Sense of Complexity: Towards a Higher Order; A Case for Second Order Project Management; 14 Sustainability: Sustainability: A New Professional Responsibility?; Taking Responsibility: The Integration of Sustainability and Project Management; 15 Psychology: The Psychology of Projects: What the Bodies of Knowledge Don't Tell Us
The Psychology of Project Management16 Benefits: Overstating the Benefits?; Benefits Realisation -- Building on (un)Safe Foundations or Planning for Success?; 17 The Burden of Making Good Decisions; Decision Making under Stress -- Advice for Project Leaders; 18 Leadership Communication: The Art of Communication; Communicating Upwards for Effect; 19 Sustainable Impacts: Sustainability and Success; Sustainable Change in Large Projects; 20 Knowledge: Is There a Universal Theory of Project Management?; The Coming Sea-Change in Project Management Science
21 Senior Management: From Projects to Strategy, and Back AgainEvidence of the Neglect of Project Management by Senior Executives; Summary: Project Management Research: The Long Journey; Index