Author(s): François Chiocchio, E. Kevin Kelloway, Brian Hobbs
Categories: Business & Economics > Leadership, Business & Economics > Management, Psychology > General
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publish date: 2015-05-08
ISBN-10: 0199861374
ISBN-13: 9780199861378
Language: English
Description: Organizations today are increasingly using projects in their daily
activities. Projects and project-management principles frame goal
attainment in academia and many business sectors, and they even
serve as theoretical footing for organizational-change endeavors.
However, the ubiquity of project management does not mean that
project work, project teams, and the ways organizations use
projects are well understood. Moreover, while project-management
theory and practice aim at providing structure and control to
enable successful project completion, an alarmingly high percentage
of projects struggle or fail.
As the authors of The Psychology and… more…
activities. Projects and project-management principles frame goal
attainment in academia and many business sectors, and they even
serve as theoretical footing for organizational-change endeavors.
However, the ubiquity of project management does not mean that
project work, project teams, and the ways organizations use
projects are well understood. Moreover, while project-management
theory and practice aim at providing structure and control to
enable successful project completion, an alarmingly high percentage
of projects struggle or fail.
As the authors of The Psychology and… more…