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Author Curlee, Wanda.

Title Complexity theory and project management / Wanda Curlee and Robert L. Gordon
Published Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 394 pages) : illustrations
Contents Part I. Complexity Theory -- Part II. How to Deploy Complexity Theory -- Part III. Case Studies of Applied Complexity -- Part IV. Create Successful Project Communities -- Part V. Advanced Tools for Managing Complexity
Introduction -- Part I. Complexity Theory -- 1. Introduction to Complexity Theory -- 2. Going beyond the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide -- 3. Virtual Leadership and Complexity -- 4. Successful Virtual Projects -- Part II. How to Deploy Complexity Theory -- 5. Successful Project Management Strategies of Complexity -- 6. Virtual Leadership through Complexity -- 7. How Organizational Culture is the Key to Applying Complexity -- 8. Cultural Conflict through the Lens of Complexity -- 9. Cultural Conflict Resolution Strategies -- 10. Risk Management through the Lens of Complexity -- Part III. Case Studies of Applied Complexity -- 11. SEMCO (Organizational Complexity) -- 12. Web-based Universities (Multilevel Complexity) -- 13. Small Team Complexity -- Part IV. Create Successful Project Communities -- 14. Leadership of Complexity-Driven Organizations -- 15. Communities -- 16. Teams and Complexity -- 17. Micro-Teams (Tribes) -- 18. Dealing Appropriately with Change -- Part V. Advanced Tools for Managing Complexity -- 19. Complexity Tools for Organizations with Virtual Teams -- 20. Virtual Projects and Complexity Theory -- 21. Using Complexity to Address a Troubled Project -- 22. The Future of Complexity
Summary "Current management practices require adherence to rigid, global responses unsuitable for addressing the changing needs of most projects. Complexity Theory and Project Management shifts this paradigm to create opportunities for expanding the decision-making process in ways that promote flexibility--and increase effectiveness. It informs readers on the managerial challenges of juggling project requirements, and offers them a clear roadmap on how to revise perspectives and reassess priorities to excel despite having an unpredictable workflow. Complexity Theory and Project Management provides remedies through the use of teaching notes, power point slides, a solutions manual, and a toolbox of answers to common project management problems to illustrate how the deployment of complexity theory can make a project more successful. One of the first books covering the subject of complexity theory for project management, this useful guide: explains the relationship of complexity theory to virtual project management; presents current information about best practices and relevant proactive tools; makes a strong case for including complexity theory in PMI's PMBOK Guide. Complexity Theory and Project Management gives a firsthand view on the future of complexity theory as a driving force in the management field, and allows project managers to get a head start in applying its principles immediately to produce more favorable outcomes."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Project management.
Complexity (Philosophy)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Project Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Project Management.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Project management
Form Electronic book
Author Gordon, Robert L
LC no. 2010018383
ISBN 9780470949986
0470949988
9780470769720
0470769726
9780470769744
0470769742