Project: Strategy

ISBN-13: 9781138338722 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 220 str.

Haukur Ingi Jonasson; Helgi Thor Ingason

Opis

This practical book enables organisations of any size to form strategic plans and be active contributors throughout a project's development. Taking the reader on a pragmatic journey, it teaches self-reflexion, social responsibility and creative thinking with application to projects and plans, to working relationships and to organisations.

Recenzje

"For project managers to be ultimately successful, they must know how project management relates to the subject of strategy inside an overall system that brings about performance and transformation in organizations. The authors have created an overall framework and have provided the depth of knowledge needed to be effective as a project manager in this regard. This is not a book to be read and put away. It is a book to keep as a ready reference to revisit multiple times. Brilliant and comprehensive, it is a must read for project managers of all levels." - Mark Morgan, senior consultant at StratEx Advisors, Inc.
Lead Author of Executing Your Strategy, Harvard University Press.


"This book is a practical guide full of valuable information for all project managers who always wanted to understand strategic planning. The authors take the reader through all steps of project strategy and enable her/him to self-study this important field of project management." - Yvonne Schoper, Professor for International Project Management at HTW Berlin, Germany

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, List of Figures, List of Tables, Series Preface, Foreword, Chapter 1 The Nature and Value of Strategic Planning, Chapter 2 The Strategic Planning Process, Chapter 3 Understanding Your Stakeholders and Sources of Organizational Capital, Chapter 4 Understanding your Organisation Structure, Operations and Financials, Chapter 5 Understanding the Business Landscape: The Supply Chain, Competitors and Regulators, Chapter 6 Market Models, Chapter 7 Direction Finding, Chapter 8 Bringing it all Together, Appendix, Index