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The Human Side of Project Management: Leadership Skills
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The Human Side of Project Management: Leadership Skills

by Qian Shi, Jianguo Chen
November 2006
Beginner
61 pages
1h 13m
English
Project Management Institute

Overview

The Human Side of Project Management: Leadership Skills includes an assessment framework for selecting project leaders who exemplify the key characteristics and traits identified in the research, with particular emphasis on working in China, due to the country's growing need for project management. In building the body of knowledge relating to leadership skills of project leaders, researchers from Tongji University in Shanghai employed a number of tactics, including literature review, investigation and interview, theory analysis, experiment design, and data collection and processing. The study's findings are generally applicable to a variety of projects and industries.

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ISBN: 9781628251241