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Published here May 2014

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Book Structure

The contents of this book are set out in six parts containing 63 chapters. The long list of chapters and their authors in this section of our review may be a trifle boring for some people, but is necessary to gain a thorough understanding of the extent of the book's subject matter.

Ch. 

Title

Author(s)

Part 1: Management and Organization

1.  

People and Project Management

Donnie MacNicol

2.  

Successes and Failures of People in Projects

Todd Williams

3.  

Project Life Cycles

Dennis Lock

4.  

Project Sponsors

Karsten Isenbeck and
Joel Friedman

5.  

Corporate Managers' Support for the Project Manager

Dennis Lock

6.  

Project Management in the Private Sector

Susan de Sousa

7.  

People in Public Sector Projects

John Hyde and
David Sawyer

8.  

Project Management in the Third Sector

John Cropper

9.  

Introduction to Project Organization Structures

Dennis Lock

10.  

Managing in Matrix and More Complex Organizations

Dennis Lock

11.  

International Projects

Jean Binder

12.  

Managing People in Virtual Project Organizations

Penny Pullan

13.  

The Creative Organization

Geof Cox

Part 2: People In and Around the Project Environment

14.  

Project Stakeholders

Guy Giffin

15.  

People in Senior Project Roles

George Jucan

16.  

People in Supporting Roles

George Jucan

17.  

The Project Office Environment

Dennis Lock

18.  

The Construction Working Environment

Steve Lewis

19.  

The Workplace of the Future

Colin Stuart

Part 3: Improving Project Teams and Their People

20.  

Identifying and Building Key Relationships

Neil Walker

21.  

Creating and Changing a Project Team

Andy Jordan

22.  

Building Relationships through Influencing

Mark Rodgers

23.  

Managing Conflict in Projects

Peter Simon and
Fred Murray Webster

24.  

Cross-cultural Relationships

Jean Binder

25.  

Project Communications

Jo Ann Sweeney

26.  

Behavior Traits

A Research Paper by Dr. Paul Giammalvo

27.  

Ethics in Project Management

William Moylan

28.  

Leadership

Alfonso Bucero

29.  

Conducting One's Self in Project Management

Dennis Lock

30.  

Managing Daily Routines: A Day in the Life of a Project

Sam Barnes

31.  

Management Theorists of the Twentieth Century

Dennis Lock

32.  

Team Development

Elisabeth Goodman

33.  

Motivating People in Projects

Bernado Tirado

34.  

Conduct of Meetings

Dennis Lock

Part 4: Developing the Individual

35.  

Learning and Training: Part 1

Dave Davis

36.  

Learning and Training: Part 2

Dave Davis

37.  

Self-development

Edward Wallington

38.  

Developing Competency

Dennis Lock and
John Cornish

39.  

Developing Project Management Capability

Tim Ellis

40.  

Coaching and Mentoring

Kevin Dolling and
Paul Girling

Part 5: Project Staffing and HRM Issues

41.  

Scheduling People for a Single Project

Dennis Lock

42.  

Resource Planning for People in a Project Company

Dennis Lock

43.  

Recruitment

Lindsay Scott

44.  

Legal Issues

Peter Harrington

45.  

Pay and Rewards for Project Management Work

Lindsay Scott

46.  

Performance Appraisals

Dennis Lock and
Lindsay Scott

47.  

Employment Termination: Letting People Go

Lindsay Scott

48.  

Advice for Project Managers on the Employment of Supplementary (Temporary) Workers

Dennis Lock and
Lindsay Scott

Part 6: More Specialised Topics

49.  

Managing the People side of Change

Brian Richardson

50.  

Neuro Linguistic Programming

Ranjit Didhu

51.  

Positive Psychology

Jocelyn C. Davis

52.  

Industrial Psychology

Bernardo Tirado

53.  

Emotional Intelligence in Project Management

Deanne Earle

54.  

Managing Social Communications

Elizabeth Harrin

55.  

Empathy in Project Management

Geoff Crane

56.  

Creativity

Alicia Arnold

57.  

The Hero Project Managers

Andy Jordan

58.  

Human Traits and Behaviors in Project Management

Kevin Dolling, Paul Girling and
Joanna Reynolds

59.  

Career Paths in Project Management

Jason Price

60.  

Project Management Certification: Taking Charge Locally

Michael Greer

61.  

Stress and Project Management: Maintaining High Performance

Stephen Flannes

62.  

Teams and Spirituality in Project Management

Judi Neal and
Alan Harpham

63.  

Education and Qualification in Project Management

Lindsay Scott and
Peter Simon

The book has a total of a little over 900 pages and includes a thorough Bibliography and Index. It does not include a Glossary of Terms. Each chapter is a separate essay ranging from eight to sixteen pages, averages around 5,000 words, and generally ends with a summary and/or Conclusion. Chapter 1 acts as a sort of introduction to the whole book.

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