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Managing projects in Africa : essentials from the Project Management Journal.
This special issue of the Project Management Journal presents a collection of six articles on managing projects in Africa. Providing a window into the important project activity taking place there, these articles extend both the empirical and theoretical understanding of the African project context...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Wiley : Project Management Institute,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright page; From the Editors; Africa's Project Context at the Start of the 21st Century; Summary of Articles; Contributions; References; Project Management Trilogy Challenges in Africa-Where to From Here?; Introduction; Background to PM Trilogy Challenges; Addressing PM Trilogy Challenges-Where to From Here?; Conclusion; References; Linking Policies to Projects: The Key to Identifying the Right Public Investment Projects; Introduction; The Research; Projects in Developing Countries; What Links Policies to the Right Projects?
- Improving Governance of Public Investment Projects in Developing CountriesFactors That Could Affect the Implementation of a Project Governance System in Developing Countries; How Are the Right Projects Identified Through a Project Governance System?; Conclusion; References; Project Management for Development in Africa: Why Projects Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It; Introduction; What Are International Development Projects?; Project Management in International Development; International Development Project Management Problems and Traps
- International Development Project Management ProblemsInternational Development Project Management Traps; Contribution of Project Management to International Development; An Agenda for Action; An Agenda for Research; Conclusion; References; Managing Political Risks of Chinese Contracted Projects in Libya; Introduction; Literature Review; Contracted Projects as China's Major Presence in the Libyan Economy; Political Risks in Libya; The Political Risk Assessment in Libya for Chinese Contracted Projects Since the Crisis Erupted
- Countermeasures of Chinese Contracted Projects to the Libyan Crisis and the Effects of Political Risks on Chinese ConstructorsConclusion; References; Governance of Public Investment Projects in Ethiopia; Introduction; Context and Economic Development in Ethiopia; Literature Review; The Research; Research Design and Procedure; Data and Analysis; Results and Discussion; Conclusion; References; Appendix; Project Management Training Curricula at South African Public Universities: Is the Balanced Demand of the Profession Sufficiently Accommodated?; Introduction
- Background to the EPSRC Study and Other Related LiteratureResearch Methodology; Research Results; Discussion; How Can Curriculum Changes Ensure That the Training of Project Managers in South Africa Sufficiently Accommodates the Balanced Demand of the Profession?; Possibilities for Further Research; References; Cover to Cover; Fundamentals of Project Management, Fourth Edition; Increasing Project Flexibility: The Response Capacity of Complex Projects; Business Driven Project Portfolio Management: Conquering the Top 10 Risks that Threaten Success