Managing Projects in a World of People, Strategy and Change

List of Figures and Tables, About the Editor, Notes on Contributors, Introduction, The challenge of change: Identifying new and improved theories for project management, Darren Dalcher, 1. Ethics, It starts with trust: People, perspectives and relationship as the building blocks for sustainable success, Darren Dalcher, The project manager as a tightrope walker: dealing ethically with all affected parties, Douglas Long and Ngaire Hunt, 2. People, What has Taylor ever done for us? Scientific and humane management reconsidered, Darren Dalcher, On the psychological aspect of management, Fred Voskoboynikov, 3.0 Requirements, A primer on project requirements management, Darren Dalcher, 4.0 Performance, Homing in on project performance, Darren Dalcher, Project performance audit - a methodology, Alexia Nalewaik, 5.0 Anti fragility, Coming to terms with the unknown: Re-invoking Knightian uncertainty, Darren Dalcher, Are projects and project managers fragile, robust or anti-fragile? Tony Bendell, 6.0 Strategic initiatives, We need to talk about strategy, Darren Dalcher, Managing strategic initiatives, Terry Cooke-Davies, 7.0 Governance, Is it time for 'good enough' governance? Darren Dalcher, Project governance, Martin Samphire, 8.0 Change, Who killed change? Reconsidering the relationship between projects and change, Darren Dalcher, The value of business change management in projects, Nicola Busby, 9.0 Commercial management, Commercial management and projects-a long overdue match? Darren Dalcher, Commercial project management: Expands the body of knowledge into an essential domain, Robin Hornby, Conclusion, Responding to the challenge of change, Darren Dalcher. Index