Gower Handbook of People in Project Management

The Gower Handbook of People in Project Management is a unique and rich compilation of over 60 chapters about project management roles and the people who sponsor, manage, work in or are otherwise important to project success. With Lindsay Scott's expert knowledge and experience in this field and Dennis Lock's contributions and meticulous editing, the Handbook is a complete guide to the various human dimensions involved in projects. It covers everyone involved in projects - the stakeholders - including those funding or sponsoring the project and those involved in its delivery; the people-issues that are specific to different sectors of the organization (public, private and third sector); the organization of people, both real and virtual; the different roles associated with projects; the relationship between people and the project environment; the human behaviours and skills associated with working collaboratively; and the HR issues including all aspects of how to manage talent for projects.

1: Management and Organisation; 1: People and Project Management; 2: Successes and Failures of People in Projects; 3: Project Life Cycles; 4: Project Sponsors; 5: Corporate Managers' Support for the Project Manager; 6: Project Management in the Private Sector; 7: People in Public Sector Projects; 8: Project Management in the Third Sector; 9: Introduction to Project Organisation Structures; 10: Managing in Matrix and More Complex Organisations; 11: International Projects; 12: Managing People in Virtual Project Organisations; 13: The Creative Organisation; 2: People in and Around the Project Environment; 14: Project Stakeholders; 15: People in Senior Project Roles; 16: People in Supporting Roles; 17: The Project Office Environment; 18: The Construction Working Environment; 19: The Workplace of the Future; 3: Improving Project Teams and Their People; 20: Identifying and Building Key Relationships; 21: Creating and Changing a Project Team; 22: Building Relationships through Influencing; 23: Managing Conflict in Projects; 24: Cross-cultural Relationships; 25: Project Communications; 26: Behavioural Traits; 27: Ethics in Project Management; 28: Leadership; 29: Conducting One's Self in Project Management; 30: Managing Daily Routines: A Day in the Life of a Project Manager; 31: Management Theorists of the Twentieth Century; 32: Team Development; 33: Motivating People in Projects; 34: Conduct of Meetings; 4: Developing the Individual; 35: Learning and Training: Part 1; 36: Learning and Training: Part 2; 37: Self-development; 38: Developing Competency; 39: Developing Project Management Capability; 40: Coaching and Mentoring; 5: Project Staffing and HRM Issues; 41: Scheduling People for a Single Project; 42: Resource Planning for People in a Projects Company; 43: Recruitment; 44: Legal Issues; 45: Pay and Rewards for Project Management Work; 46: Performance Appraisals; 47: Employment Termination: Letting People Go; 48: Advice for Project Managers on the Employment of Supplementary (Temporary) Workers; 6: More Specialised Topics; 49: Managing the People Side of Change; 50: Neuro Linguistic Programming; 51: Positive Psychology; 52: Industrial Psychology; 53: Emotional Intelligence in Project Management; 54: Managing Social Communications; 55: Empathy in Project Management; 56: Creativity; 57: The Hero Project Managers; 58: Human Traits and Behaviours in Project Management; 59: Career Paths in Project Management; 60: Project Management Certification: Taking Charge Locally; 61: Stress and Project Management: Maintaining High Performance; 62: Teams and Spirituality in Project Management 1; 63: Education and Qualifications in Project Management