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Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project

AMACOM, 2003

There’s a good reason project risk management is one of the most vital of the nine content areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge®. Important projects tend to be time constrained, pose huge technical challenges, and suffer from a lack of adequate resources. It’s no wonder that project managers are increasingly focusing...

Winning The Interview Game: Everything You Need To Know To Land The Job

AMACOM, 2005

If you are planning to interview for a job, then you have found the
right book. You may be graduating from high school or college, transitioning
between jobs, or seeking a new job while employed. Regardless
of age, level of seniority, or area of expertise, this book will
give you a strong competitive edge over the hundreds or...

Brain Tattoos: Creating Unique Brands That Stick in Your Customers' Minds

AMACOM, 2004

Effective branding depends on the ability to leave a lasting (and positive) impression in the mind of the audience. This how-to book is packed with tools that help readers identify their brand's purpose, personality, promise, and point of difference.

A solid brand leaves a positive impression in the customer’s mind, but the...

Fundamentals of Project Management (Worksmart Series)

AMACOM, 1995

Although managing projects has been going on for thousands of years, the practice has only recently been
recognized as a discipline in its own right. Suddenly master’s-level degree programs are springing up at
schools throughout the world, and certificate programs are being offered as well. Not only that, but some
organizations...

Project Management Practitioner's Handbook

AMACOM, 1998

Well into the swiftly approaching millennium, project management will continue to be a highly desired skill
in the midst of great change. Because rigid organizational boundaries and responsibilities have blurred and
new technologies are changing the ways of doing business, results must be delivered more quickly and
accurately than...

Effective Succession Planning: Ensuring Leadership Continuity And Building Talent From Within

AMACOM, 2005

If you're looking for a quick, easy, and fun guide to constantly cultivating from within your organization the talent to move up and fill positions left behind by others, don't look here. Written by a human resources expert who teaches at Penn State, Effective Succession Planning must surely be one of the driest books ever written on this...

Preparing For The Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam

AMACOM, 2005

This book has been written to help those preparing for the Project Management
Professional Examination. It is aimed at those who want to learn project management
methodology. It is not intended to be a drill in exam questions; there are
more than enough of those around. It is intended to cover all of the material that the...

The Ama Handbook of Project Management

AMACOM, 1993

A comprehensive reference, thoroughly updated with all new material, The AMA Handbook of Project Management presents the critical concepts and theories that all project managers must master. Containing definitive models, advice, and in-depth solutions to specific project management dilemmas, the book provides valuable insight and the...

Modern Project Management : Successfully Integrating Project Management Knowledge Areas and Processes

AMACOM, 2001

Combining the practical with the theoretical, this is a powerful new approach to managing complex projects.

For project managers in charge of complicated, 10-person-plus projects, one of the best ways to take control and produce predictable, repeatable results is to focus on both complex theory and practical...

The First-time Manager

AMACOM, 2005

So, what exactly is a new manager supposed to do? You have no
doubt met bosses who feel that their job is to tell others what to
do. Unfortunately, these managers really have not learned what
their role is. It is not to direct people, although some of that may
be needed. Rather, management should be the process of getting...

Beyond Training and Development: The Groundbreaking Classic on Human Performance Enhancement

AMACOM, 2004

How does your organization manage employee training? Read the following
vignettes and, on a separate sheet of paper, record how your organization would
solve the problem presented in each. If you can offer an effective solution to all
the vignettes, then your company may already be effectively managing training;
otherwise, it...

Project Management: How to Plan and Manage Successful Projects

AMACOM, 1991

If you were asked to define the term project, what words would come to mind? Time? Resources (or lack of)? One-of-a-kind effort? Deliverables or products? Complex? No authority over other groups? Budget? A project is a unique effort to introduce or produce a new product or service conforming to certain specifications and applicable standards....

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