TY - BOOK AU - Springer,Mitchell L. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Project and program management: a competency-based approach AV - HD69.P75 S684 2013eb U1 - 658.4/04 23 PY - 2013/// CY - West Lafayette, Ind. PB - Purdue University Press KW - Project management KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Program/project management competencies -- The importance of program/project management -- Process management - evolution and definition -- Contract types : what type of contract should i enter into? -- The bidding process : obtaining a price quote -- Defining the work to be performed -- Scheduling and staffing the work -- Risk management : mitigating the impact -- Disruptive technologies - thinking out of the box -- Cost, schedule and performance management : a quantitative premise -- The project : product outputs -- Connecting generational cohorts to associative thinking -- Leadership and gender : a science-based understanding -- Motivation and leadership : why we do what we do -- Organization design models : not right or wrong; more or less applicable -- Building teams : understanding ourselves and others through mbti -- Capitalizing on the collective knowledge of the world -- Establishing program/project management as a discipline -- Managers, leaders and entrepreneurs -- Organizational design models and management philosophies -- Career development : models; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10702633 ER -