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Project Managers Portable Handbook, Third Edition, 3rd Edition
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Project Managers Portable Handbook, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

by David Cleland, Lewis Ireland
August 2010
Beginner to intermediate
464 pages
11h 56m
English
McGraw-Hill
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SECTION 2PROJECT ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN

2.1 Organizing for Project Management

2.2 Project Organization Charting

2.3 Authority-Responsibility-Accountability

2.4 Project Management Training

2.5 Working in Projects

2.6 Project Office

2.1 ORGANIZING FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT

2.1.1 Introduction

This section provides an examination of the organizational design used for the management of projects. It addresses shortcomings in the traditional organization designs as well as the strengths of the project organization.

2.1.2 Shortcomings of the Traditional Organizational Design

• Traditional organizational hierarchies tend to be slow, inflexible, and fail to provide for an organizational focus of project activities.

• Barriers commonly exist in the traditional ...

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ISBN: 9780071741057