Strategic Project Risk Appraisal and Management

List of contents

Contents: Introduction; Part 1 Background to Project Risk Appraisal: Context for project risk appraisal; Project risk appraisal techniques. Part 2 Strategic Project Risk Case Illustrations: Business development projects; Systems development projects; New site projects; New product development projects; Business acquisitions; Compliance projects; Event management. Part 3 Project Risk Management ; Post-project reviews. References. Index.

About the author

Elaine Harris is Professor and Head of Department of Accounting and Finance and Head of Leicester Business School's Graduate Centre at De Montfort University, where she teaches Project Management. Elaine has been Chair of the British Accounting Association (BAA) Committee of Departments of Accounting and Finance (CDAF, formerly known as CHA), and secretary of the Management Control Associaion (MCA). She is a member of ACCA's Research Committee, CIMA's Lifelong Learning Policy Committee, Managing Editor of the Journal of Applied Accounting Research (JAAR) and a reviewer for the ESRC and Leverhulme.

Summary

Success in business depends on two broad management skills: 'doing the right thing' (choosing the right projects) and 'doing things right' (good project management). This book examines the challenges that managers face in assessing the likely risks and benefits that need to be taken into account when choosing projects.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Harris, Harris Elaine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138465657
• ISBN: 978-1-138-46565-7
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Advances in Project Management; Routledge Frontiers in Project Management
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, business strategy, Management & management techniques, Management and management techniques