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Title:
Projects : a very short introduction / Andrew Davies.
Author:
Davies, Andrew, 1960- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

© 2017
Call Number:
HD69.P75 D3796 2017
Abstract:
"In this Very Short Introduction Andrew Davies looks at how projects have developed since the industrial revolution to create the human-built world in which we live, work, and play. Considering some of our greatest endeavours such as the Erie Canal, Apollo Moon landing, Japanese product development, and Chinese ecocity projects, Davies identifies how projects are organized and managed to design and produce large and complex systems, cope with fast changing conditions, and deal with the immense uncertainties required to create breakthrough innovations in products and services. He concludes by considering how projects could be organized to address the challenges facing the post-industrial society of the 21st century"--Amazon.com
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198727668
Series:
Very short introductions ; 537

Very short introductions ; 537.
Physical Description:
xviii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Preface -- List of illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. America's venture into the unknown -- 3. From Manhattan to the Moon -- 4. Arup's adhocracy and projects theory -- 5. Lean, heavy, and disruptive projects -- 6. London's megaproject ecology -- 7. Back to the future -- Further reading -- Index.
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