Leading Project Management into the 21st Century
by Paula K. Martin
The world has changed. The old, strictly vertical approach to managing organizations is no longer competitive.
Organizations must be managed horizontally, with a focus on satisfying the customer through cross-functional business process and projects.
Most organizations are beginning to focus on improving project team performance,
but that isn't the sole answer. If you want to dramatically improve
project performance, senior and middle management must also make major
changes. Leading Project Management into the 21st Century outlines these
changes for all levels in the organization: senior management, functional
management, project management. The book also describes the critical
technology shift that has occurred in how we must manage organizations -
describing the old technology vs. the new. This book is a must have for
all senior and middle level managers who want to improve the performance
of their organizations.
Table of Contents:
- Old Paradigms
- Old Accountability
- Old Project Management
- Social System Paradigm
- Customer Driven
- Proactive Management
- Systems Theory
- Closing the Gaps - Customers and Suppliers
- Closing the Gaps - Bosses and Subordinates
- Closing the Gaps - Project Teams
- Case Study 1 The New Accountability
- Case Study 2
- Rethinking Performance Systems
- Getting Started
Paula K. Martin, co-author of The Project Management Memory Jogger™, the best selling step-by-step guide to project management, has distilled the essence of improving overall project performance into 7 keys to success. Each key is divided into seven, easy to follow steps. Just start at the beginning and work through the seven keys and your organization will soar to new levels of performance.
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