CHAPTER 6
THE RATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (IN VITRO)
BACK TO THE ROOTS
Project management is old, but its study is young. It emerged as a distinct discipline over the last few decades, even though great projects have been carried out throughout history. Some of these historic projects still stand: pyramids in Africa and the Americas, the Great Wall of China, the palaces and places of worship throughout Asia and Europe, and the lesser-known Ngunnhu dry-stone fish traps in Australia (over 3,000 years old and still in use). These projects are called “hard” projects because they are tangible. But there are also records of remarkable “soft” projects. Historians tell us of organizational projects carried out on a grand scale in the management of cities, ...
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