Taming giant projects : management of multi-organization enterprises
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Taming giant projects : management of multi-organization enterprises
(Organization and management innovation / series editor, M. Sulzberger)
Springer-Verlag, c2004
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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"Swiss Association for Organization and Management"--Cover
"With 72 figures and 31 tables"--T.p
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-271)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Giant projects often end in giant failures. From the ancient tower of Babel to the recent Transrapid Train, giant projects stumble from crisis to crisis. Based on an analysis of the technical, time, and financial goals from case studies (Olympic Games, university hospitals, and a huge wind energy converter), four success factors in managing giant projects are identified: Formulation and change of goals, basic configuration, socio-political environment, and management structure and capacity. The book focuses on the crucial role of the project owner and the relations among the four success factors. It offers recommendations and guidance on successfully completing giant projects to owners, project managers and contractors.
Table of Contents
- A New Challenge for Project Management: Big Projects - Big Problems
- Approaches to Research on MOEs.- Goal Achievement: Technical Goals
- Time Goals
- Financial Goals
- Overall Performance.- Success Factors: Strategies for Selecting Success Factors
- Formulation and Change of Goals
- Basic Design
- Socio-Political Environment
- Management Structure and Management Capacity
- Success Factors and Goal Achievement.- Case Studies: The Olympic Summer Games 1972 in Munich
- The Olympic Winter Games 1980 in Lake Placid
- The University Hospital Vienna
- The University Hospital Munich
- The Large Energy Converter GROWIAN.- Conclusion: Lessons for the Future.
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