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.