CHAPTER 1
The Origins of Project Leadership
In this chapter we first discuss the basics of management and then review the two “children” of management that evolved in the latter part of the last century: leadership and project management. As we help the reader understand the basics of these three key disciplines, we will pave the way for discussion of a new approach that is evolving in the twenty-first century: project leadership. Figure 1-1 illustrates this evolution from management to project leadership.
MANAGEMENT
The practice of management, defined for many centuries as planning, organizing, directing, and controlling, has existed since ...
