
Sustainability in Project Management
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The focus is on a functional approach to the subject, allowing management and business to implement the methodology discussed. Topics discussed include sustainable planning, sustainable organizing, sustainable leading and sustainable controlling. The authors use their combined experience in the area to inform their novel approach.
The book will be especially useful for people who are project managers, members of project teams and other project stakeholders. It may also be a useful reference for scientists and students studying the fields of management, IT and business.
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Arnold Pabian (Prof. Dr. Habil., Full Professor) is a specialist in management and marketing. He has published over 300 works, including books, articles and papers in Poland and abroad. Many of these pubications relate to sustainable management and sustainable marketing. Currently, Prof. Arnold Pabian is the Vice-Rector for Management and Marketing at Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland. He has been awarded the Golden Cross of Merit by the President of the Republic of Poland for his contribution to the development of science. He has authored and edited a large number of books.
Barbara Pabian holds a post-doctoral degree (dr habil.) in cultural studies and works as a Professor at the Faculty of Management, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. She is an author of approximately 90 scientific publications, including books and articles, published in Polish, English and Russian, as well as a textbook for students. Since 2008, she has been the Dean of the Faculty of Tourism at the WSHT (School of Graduate Studies in Hospitality Management and Tourism) in Czestochowa, as well as the Head of Post-Graduate Studies. She has been awarded the Medal of National Education.
Content
PART 1 Project management in the face of environmental and social threats.
1.1. Environmental and social threats in the contemporary world.
1.2. Sustainable development and its challenges.
1.3. Project management against the challenges of sustainable development.
PART 2 Project stakeholders in the sustainability concept.
2.1. Ecological and social responsibility of stakeholders.
2.2. Profile of a sustainable project manager.
2.3. Members of the sustainability project team and their recruitment.
PART 3 A functional approach to sustainable project management.
3.1. Project management as a sequence of functions and activities.
3.2. Project initiation in the light of sustainability.
3.3. Sustainability and risk identification in the project planning phase.
3.4. Pro-environmental and pro-social organization of project activities.
3.5. Motivating the project team to work in the sphere of sustainability.
3.6. Controlling the work of the project team and its results.
PART 4 Material resources in sustainable project management.
4.1. Types of material resources and their importance in project implementation.
4.2. Sustainable building infrastructure.
4.3. Sustainable equipment of production halls and offices.
4.4. Sustainable transport.
4.5. Sustainable products as manufacturing output.
4.6. Impact of sustainability solutions on project costs and budget.
Part 5 Sustainable project management from the IT perspective.
5.1. Information technology in project management.
5.2. Information systems applied to sustainability assessment.
5.3. The relationship between information systems and project management systems and sustainable development features.
References.
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