Incluye bibliografías e índice.

Section I: Overview of project and matrix management: 1. Working with pulses not streams: using projects to capture opportunity / Robert D. Gilbreath, Theodore Barry and Associates ; 2. Managing project interfaces: key points for project success / Peter W. G. Morris ; 3. Integration: The essential function of project management / Linn C. Stuckenbruck -- Section II: The project organization: 4. Organizing the project office and project team: duties of project participants / Russell D. Archibald, Archibald Associates ; 5. Developing the role of the assistant project manager by assessing the needs of project clients / Richard L. Patterson, Bechtel Power Corporation -- Section II: Organizational strategy and project management: 6. The role of projects in the implementation of business strategy / William R. King ; 7. Selecting projects that maximize profits / William E. Souder ; 8. Project owner strategic management of projects / David I. Cleland and William R. King -- Section IV: Life-cycle management: 9. Life-cycle management / Wiiliam R. King and David I. Cleland ; 10. Behavioral implications of the project life cycle / John R. Adams ; 11. Phasing out the project / Herbert F. Spirer and David H. Hamburger ; 12. The evolution of the systems development life cycle: an information systems perspective / William R. King and Ananth Srinivasan -- Section V: Project planning: 13. Project stakeholder management / David I. Cleland ; 14. Developing and using the Work Breakdown Structure / Garry D. Lavold, Novacrop Pressure Transport ; 15. Network techniques in project management / Joseph Moder ; 16. Linear responsibility charts in project management / David I. Cleland and William R. King ; 17. Pricing out the work / Harold Kerzner ; 18. Contracts development-keystone in project management / M. William Emmons ; 18. Contracts development-keystone in project management / M. William Emmons ; 19. Developing winning proposals / Hans J. Thamhain -- Section VI: 20. Critical success factors in effective project implementation / Jeffrey K. Pinto and Dennis P. Slevin ; 21. Quality program management in project management / John L. Heidenreich, N. C. Kist and Associates ; 22. The legal standards for prudent and efficient project management / Randall L. Speck, Rogovin, Huge and Schiller -- Section VII: Project control: 23. Project control: an introduction / James A. Bent, James A. Bent Associates ; 24. Project control: scope recognition / James A. Bent ; 25. Project needs and techniques for management audits / Kenneth O. Chilstrom ; 26. Evaluating the performance of project personnel / Harold Kerzner ; 27. Development and implementation of project management systems / John Tuman, Jr. ; 28. Computers in project management / Harvey A. Levine -- Section VIII: Behavioral dimensions and teamwork in project management: 29. Leadership, motivation and the project manager / Dennis P. Slevin and Jeffrey K. Pinto ; 30. Project teams and the Human Group / Raymond E. Hill and Trudy L. Somers ; 31. Teamwork - key to managing change / Thomas E. Miller ; 32. Team building in project management / Hans J. Thamhain ; 33. Some major research findings regarding the human element in project management / David L. Wilemon and Bruce N. Baker -- Section IX: The successful application of project management: 34. Overview of project management applications / Michael K. Gouse and Frank A. Stickney ; 35. Factors affecting project success / Bruce N. Baker, David C. Murphy and Dalmar Fisher ; 36. Project management in the public sector: success and failure patterns compared to private sector projects / Bruce N. Baker, Dalmar Fisher and David C. Murphy ; 37. Health project management in an occupational setting / Laura C. Leviton and Gordon K. MacLeod ; 38. The cultural ambience of the matrix organization / David I. Cleland.