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Author Alderman, N., author.

Title Managing complex projects : networks, knowledge and integration / Neil Alderman, Chris Ivory, Ian McLoughlin and Roger Vaughan
Published New York : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 154 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge studies in technology, work and organizations ; 3
Routledge studies in technology, work and organizations ; 3.
Contents New modes of project delivery : complex projects -- Understanding the challenges of managing complex projects -- Exploring complex projects -- Clarke chapman: the port facilities project -- Alstom : the Pendolino project -- Northumbria water : the regional sludge treatment centre project -- The problem of integration in complex projects -- Conclusions: Rethinking the management of complex projects
Summary Concerned with the management of complex long-term engineering projects, this important volume, of great interest to postgraduate students of business, technology management and engineering, reports on a set of rich, novel and unique findings concerning the conduct and management of three high profile and complex projects. The major investments which constitute complex long-term projects represent an increasingly important source of economic activity, often with particularly significant consequences for economic growth and public policy. This informative volume expertly contributes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Project management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Project management.
Form Electronic book
Author Ivory, Chris, author.
McLoughlin, Ian, 1956- author
Vaughan, Roger J., author.
ISBN 9781134423613
1134423616
9780203502921
0203502922
9781134423569
113442356X