Strategic Management of Development Programmes

Strategic Management of Development Programmes
Author: Samuel Paul
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1982-12-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789221032526

This guide to strategic management is based on an analysis of some of the most successful development programmes in the world. It contains questions, answers and practical guidelines which aim to make the book a useful manual for training programmes in development management.

Strategic Management for School Development

Strategic Management for School Development
Author: Brian Fidler
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-09-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761965275

Written at a very accessible and practical level, this book introduces strategic management and provides self-development activities to help educators develop a strategy within their own organizations.

Strategic Project Management Made Simple

Strategic Project Management Made Simple
Author: Terry Schmidt
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2009-03-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 047044293X

When Fortune Magazine estimated that 70% of all strategies fail, it also noted that most of these strategies were basically sound, but could not be executed. The central premise of Strategic Project Management Made Simple is that most projects and strategies never get off the ground because of adhoc, haphazard, and obsolete methods used to turn their ideas into coherent and actionable plans. Strategic Project Management Made Simple is the first book to couple a step-by-step process with an interactive thinking tool that takes a strategic approach to designing projects and action initiatives. Strategic Project Management Made Simple builds a solid platform upon four critical questions that are vital for teams to intelligently answer in order to create their own strong, strategic foundation. These questions are: 1. What are we trying to accomplish and why? 2. How will we measure success? 3. What other conditions must exist? 4. How do we get there? This fresh approach begins with clearly understanding the what and why of a project - comprehending the bigger picture goals that are often given only lip service or cursory reviews. The second and third questions clarify success measures and identify the risky assumptions that can later cause pain if not spotted early. The how questions - what are the activities, budgets, and schedules - comes last in our four-question system. By contrast, most project approaches prematurely concentrate on the how without first adequately addressing the three other questions. These four questions guide readers into fleshing out a simple, yet sophisticated, mental workbench called "the Logical Framework" - a Systems Thinking paradigm that lays out one's own project strategy in an easily accessible, interactive 4x4 matrix. The inclusion of memorable features and concepts (four critical questions, LogFrame matrix, If-then thinking, and Implementation Equation) make this book unique.

Project-Based Organizing and Strategic Management

Project-Based Organizing and Strategic Management
Author: Gino Cattani
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2011-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1780521928

Facilitates discussion about project-based organizations (PBOs) and how they increasingly pervade business dimensions, from R&D and new product development, to the production of complex capital goods and implementation of organizational change across very different industries such as management consulting, engineering or entertainment.

Strategic Project Management Transformation

Strategic Project Management Transformation
Author: Marc Resch
Publisher: J. Ross Publishing
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2011-06-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1604270640

In today's challenging commercial environment, many business projects are now categorized as strategic investment with the primary concern being value impact on an organization's bottom line. This title equips project managers with the skills necessary to effectively manage projects as strategic investments.

Managing Development Programs

Managing Development Programs
Author: Samuel Paul
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429716214

This book explores a neglected dimension - the role of management interventions in development programs. It investigates two basic questions: what are the management and institutional interventions associated with successful development programs? what lessons can we learn from their experience?

Strategic Project Management

Strategic Project Management
Author: Corlane Barclay
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2015-08-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1482225131

Based on expert practitioners contributions from across the globe including Brazil, Jamaica, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Strategic Project Management: Contemporary Issues and Strategies for Developing Economies offers modern experiences, best practices, and tools for individuals and teams working in pro