Creating the project office : a manager's guide to leading organizational change
Creating the Project Office is written for managers who are searching for ways to transform their organizations into more effective and efficient project-based workplaces. As this important book reveals, there is no more effective way to make that change than to create a project office tailored to the needs of the organization. While a project office model leads to better products from projects, it is also a vehicle for generating overall organizational change - by transforming the organization from function-based to project-based
handbooks
1 online resource (xx, 307 pages) : illustrations
9780787966751, 9786610409631, 9780787963989, 0787966754, 6610409633, 0787963984
52372005
CREATING THE PROJECT OFFICE CONTENTS Preface The Authors and Contributors PART ONE: CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE 1 Leading Organizational Change. 2 Clear Danger: Creating a Sense of Urgency and Economic Value 3 Powerful Forces: Building a Guiding Coalition 4 Focus: Developing and Communicating the Project Office Vision and Strategy. 5 Tell the Tale: Harnessing Internal Support PART TWO: MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN 6 Contact: Managing the Change 7 Implementing the Project Office: Case Study 8 Keep Moving: Getting Your Arms Around Chaos. 9 In or Out? Staffing and Operating the Project Office PART THREE: MAKING CHANGE STICK 10 Looking Forward: Embedding Project Practices in the Culture of the Organization 11 The Tale We Tell