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List of contents
List of Figures, Preface, 1 Introduction to Projects and their Management, 2. Defining the Project Task, 3. Estimating the Project Costs, 4. Managing Risk, 5. Organizing the Project, 6. Work Breakdown Structures, 7. Planning the Timescale, 8. Scheduling Project Resources, 9. Implementing the Project Plan, 10. Managing Purchasing, 11. Managing Changes, 12. Managing Costs, 13. Corporate Managers’ Support for the Project Manager, Select Bibliography, Index
About the author
Dennis Lock is a freelance writer who specializes in project management. His exceptionally wide industrial experience has included sub miniature electronics, defence systems, heavy engineering and international mining, with a progression of successful management positions in all of those industries. He has fulfilled consultancy assignments in Britain and overseas and in recent years has taught project management to masters degree students as an external lecturer at two British universities. Of over 50 books that he has written or edited, almost all have been published by Gower.
Summary
The fourth edition of Essentials of Project Management is the complement to Dennis Lock's comprehensive, and encyclopaedic textbook; Project Management (now in its Tenth Edition). Essentials provides a concise account of the principles and techniques of project management, designed to meet the needs of the business manager or student.
