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As stakeholder relationships and business in general have become
increasingly central to the unfolding of stakeholder thinking,
important new topics have begun to take centre stage in both the
worlds of practitioners and academics. The role of project
management becomes immeasurably more challenging, when stakeholders
are no longer seen as simple objects of managerial action but
rather as subjects with their own objectives and purposes. This
book will aim to explain some of the complexities of project
management and managerial relationships with stakeholders by
discussing the practice of stakeholder engagement, dialog,
measurement and management and the consequences of this practice
for reporting and productivity, and performance within project
management.
Very few software projects are completed on time, on budget, and to
their original specification causing the global IT software
industry to lose billions each year in project overruns and
reworking software. Research supports that projects usually fail
because of management mistakes rather than technical mistakes. Risk
Management in Software Development Projects focuses on what the
practitioner needs to know about risk in the pursuit of delivering
software projects.Risk Management in Software Development Projects
will help all practicing IT Project Managers and IT Managers
understand: * Key components of the risk management process *
Current processes and best practices for software risk
identification * Techniques of risk analysis * Risk Planning *
Management processes and be able to develop the process for various
organizations
As stakeholder relationships and business in general have become
increasingly central to the unfolding of stakeholder thinking,
important new topics have begun to take centre stage in both the
worlds of practitioners and academics. The role of project
management becomes immeasurably more challenging, when stakeholders
are no longer seen as simple objects of managerial action but
rather as subjects with their own objectives and purposes. This
book will aim to explain some of the complexities of project
management and managerial relationships with stakeholders by
discussing the practice of stakeholder engagement, dialog,
measurement and management and the consequences of this practice
for reporting and productivity, and performance within project
management.
Brings together concepts across software engineering with a
management perspectiveUse of case material to illustrate points
madeIncludes checklists and working templates
'A wonderful and sometimes devastating book ... sophisticated,
nuanced, fair-minded and yet very hard hitting' SIMON KUPER 'This
will transport you to Qatar and teach you with humanity and empathy
some of the dark truths about globalisation' BEN JUDAH 'John
McManus is a remarkable, compelling writer' RORY STEWART 'Wise,
well informed, fair-minded and honest' PETER OBORNE AN INTIMATE
PORTRAIT OF LIFE IN THE FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP'S HOST NATION Just 75
years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on
pearl diving. Today it is a gas-laden parvenu with seemingly
limitless wealth and ambition. Skyscrapers, museums and futuristic
football stadiums rise out of the desert and Ferraris race through
the streets. But in the shadows, migrant workers toil in the heat
for risible amounts. Inside Qatar reveals how real people live in
this surreal place, a land of both great opportunity and great
iniquity. Ahead of Qatar's time in the limelight as host of the
2022 FIFA Men's World Cup, anthropologist John McManus lifts a lid
on the hidden worlds of its gilded elite, its spin doctors and
thrill seekers, its manual labourers and domestic workers. The sum
of their tales is not some exotic cabinet of curiosities. Instead,
Inside Qatar opens a window onto the global problems - of
unfettered capitalism, growing inequality and climate change - that
concern us all.
Success in project management requires the project manager to
operate at many levels and deal with a myriad of internal and
external stakeholders. Leadership in the project management
requires the vision, ability and courage to guide individuals and
teams to rewarding experiences.
Project Managers often expect to achieve a great deal, but need to
realise they can achieve little without the efforts of others. This
book focuses on the complexity and issues of leadership in project
management. The book provides:
* assist project managers in their understanding of what leadership
is and how leadership influences the outcome of project success
* demonstrate how empowerment can be used to achieve results and
positive project outcomes
* demonstrate how to engage and influence others to achieve project
goals
* define the theoretical and practical boundaries of decision
making within the context of multiple stakeholder projects
* provide an insight into what it takes to build high performance
project teams
* provide a communication taxonomy for managing multiple
stakeholders and demonstrates how conflict should be managed
* Achieve your project management goals by providing clear
leadership
* Build and develop an effective project team
* Demonstrates how to engage and influence stakeholders and team
members to achieve project goals
Ask a British football fan what they know about Turkish football,
and they are unlikely to describe scenes of camaraderie,
hospitality and humour. They are more likely to mention banners
proclaiming 'Welcome to hell'. Or Leeds United supporters stabbed
to death on an Istanbul street. Frustrated by the game's distorted
image back home, John McManus set out to show the Turkish football
that he knew - the rich, funny, obsessive, fan culture that he had
encountered on the terraces. But he hadn't accounted for the
politics. His voyage began at the start of one of the darkest
periods in Turkey's modern history, marred by bombings, armed
conflict and an attempted coup d'etat. Football, he would soon
discover, could not help but get dragged in. Travelling from the
elite training facilities of Istanbul to dusty pitches on the
Syrian border, taking in visits to far-flung clubs, encounters with
characterful players and experiences at riotous matches along the
way, Welcome to Hell? offers a unique perspective on an alluring
yet troubled football culture, at once both familiar and miles
apart from the game in Britain.
From the Whiting Award--winning writer John McManus comes a debut
novel of startling originality and mystery. The son of an unknown
father and an ostracized mother, and the next of kin in a long line
of bastard relatives, nine-year-old Loren Garland lives a life of
subtle mystery beneath the shadow of an East Tennessee mountain. It
is on his family's broken-down estate that Loren's imagination
grows, and with it, the extraordinary voice of Bitter Milk---a
young boy named Luther, who may be Loren's imaginary friend, his
conscience, or his evil twin. And yet outside the puzzle of Loren's
brain, there are the darker goings-on of his family: his mother,
who wishes she were a man; his new uncle, who plans to develop the
Garland land into real estate; and his withered grandfather, who
holds the clan together through truculence and fear. When his
mother disappears, Loren must set out on a quest of his own
devising, tossing aside the trappings of youth in order to discover
the truth of the world.
Advance Praise for Bitter Milk
"An impressive follow-up to his two striking collections of
stories, the brilliant, mordant Bitter Milk consolidates John
McManus's place as one of the most powerful and original American
writers of the twenty-first century."---Madison Smartt Bell, author
of "The Stone That the Builder Refused"
"This mysterious, almost phantasmagoric, debut novel is reminiscent
of Cormac McCarthy's The Orchard Keeper in its precociousness.
McManus writes with a wisdom and empathy that belies his youth.
Bitter Milk signals the arrival of an important new voice in
Southern literature."---Ron Rash, author of" One Foot in Eden" and"
Saints at the River"
John McManus was raisedin Blount County, Tennessee. The author of
the story collections "Born on a Train" and "Stop Breakin Down," he
became the youngest ever recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award in
2000. McManus currently divides his time between Tennessee and
Austin, Texas.
Two years ago--at twenty-two--John McManus captivated writers and critics with his first story collection and became the youngest recipient of the Whiting Writers Award. Now McManus returns with a collection of stories equally piercing and visionary: stories about the young and old, compromised by circumstance and curiosity, and undergoing startling transformations. In “Eastbound,” a car driven by two elderly sisters breaks down on an elevated highway: Beneath them lies the lost country of the South, overrun with concrete and shopping centers but still possessing the spectres and secrets of the past. In “Brood,” a plucky young heroine moves with her mother into the home of the mother’s online boyfriend: She will use the Audubon Guide to Birds, and her own wits to survive the advances of the boyfriend’s teenaged son. In “Cowry,” two backpackers in New Zealand race to witness the first sunrise of the twenty-first century.
Winner of the Whiting Writers’ Award
In a voice somewhere between Cormac McCarthy and Kurt Cobain, John McManus explores young people living in extreme situations. Some are in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains, some in the Pacific Northwest, a few are in the Western deserts of Utah and Nevada, one is in England, and many are scattered throughout the Southern US. All are desperate for something beyond the ordinary lives that are given to them, and every one is absolutely unforgettable.
'A book as rich and complex as the extraordinary worlds of Turkish
football it explores' David Goldblatt 'Captures the Turkish game
with love, in all its beauty and darkness' Simon Kuper Ask a
British football fan what they know about Turkish football, and
they are unlikely to describe scenes of camaraderie, hospitality
and humour. They are more likely to mention banners proclaiming
'Welcome to hell'. Or Leeds United supporters stabbed to death on
an Istanbul street. Frustrated by the game's distorted image back
home, John McManus set out to show the Turkish football that he
knew - the rich, funny, obsessive, fan culture that he had
encountered on the terraces. But he hadn't accounted for the
politics. Travelling from the elite training facilities of Istanbul
to dusty pitches on the Syrian border, taking in visits to
far-flung clubs, encounters with characterful players and
experiences at riotous matches along the way, Welcome to Hell?
offers a unique perspective on an alluring yet troubled football
culture.
This engaging and accessible textbook explores the challenges and
complexities of managing operations in a service industry setting.
Comprehensive in scope, this textbook considers key concepts from
strategy and operations management from a global services
perspective and integrates traditional theory with cutting-edge
contemporary examples. Taking a student-centred approach, it gives
the reader a solid understanding of the key issues faced by
contemporary service organisations, from managing and reviewing
risk to managing supplier relationships. Rich pedagogy, integrated
online resources and relevant international case studies develop
strategic thinking skills and equip students with the essential
tools and techniques needed to plan, design, manage and control
operations in diverse service industry contexts. This is an ideal
textbook for students of service operations management at
undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level. Accompanying online
resources for this title can be found at
bloomsburyonlineresources.com/service-operations-management. These
resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using
this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
Business analysts are in agreement that our future economy, if not
our present one, will be dominated by global business and a service
economy. The existing literature, however, fails to explain the
influence and application of the principles of strategic management
in a global service economy. Competitive Strategies for Service
Organizations fills that gap, providing an understanding of the
major changes that will affect players in this economy. The picture
this book paints is a complex one: the economic model based on the
availability of capital is being replaced by one relying on
innovation and intellectual capital-the cornerstone of the service
economy. Current management strategy theory and its practical
application are to some degree out of sync with this emerging
model. Drawing on international examples for their case-study
material, Neil Botten and John McManus balance their exposition of
theory with real-world examples organized around the emerging
service model. The authors discuss strategy in all its practical
dimensions: political, economic, social and technological. In
pulling together existing models and techniques and showing,
through case histories, how these frameworks may be used in service
organizations, they provide valuable guidelines for the
forward-looking leaders of our growing service economy.
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