Managing the urgent and unexpected : twelve project cases and a commentary /

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This book explores what is different managerially if work is unexpected, its implementation is urgent and an immediate start is required. The authors draw on twelve cases ranging from the launch of the Freeview television system in the United Kingdom to the sifting and removal of the New York World...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Wearne, S. H. (Author), White-Hunt, Keith (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Gower, [2014]
Series:Advances in project management.
Subjects:
Construction projects > Management > Case studies.
Emergency management > Case studies.
Public works > Management > Case studies.
Project management > Case studies.
Projets de construction > Gestion > Études de cas.
Travaux publics > Gestion > Études de cas.
Gestion de projet > Études de cas.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.
Public works > Management
Project management
Emergency management
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; I Narrative; 1 You Get a Start!; 2 Urgent?; 3 Unexpected?; 4 Project Starts; 5 Project Implementation; II Analysis; 6 What's Different?; 7 Lessons; III Future Needs; 8 And Now?; Appendix 1: Case Summaries; 1.1 New TV Business, Freeview, UK, 2002; 1.2 Temporary Rail Station, Workington, 2009; 1.3 Thames Bank Raising, London, 1971; 1.4 Flood Diversion Scheme, Chichester, 2000; 1.5 Ouse Banks Heightening, Selby and Barlby, Yorkshire, 2000; 1.6 Motorway Viaduct Propping, North London, 2011.
  • 1.7 Embankment Stabilization, Heck, Yorkshire, 2000-20011.8 Remote Bridge Repair, Arnhem Highway, Northern Australia, 1998; 1.9 Temporary Power Line, Auckland Central Business District, 1998; 1.10 Aire Banks Repair, Gowdall, Yorkshire, 2000; 1.11 Reinstatement of Railway, Great Heck, Yorkshire, 2001; 1.12 9/11 Pile Sift, Make Safe and Remove Operations, World Trade Center, New York, 2001-2002; Appendix 2: References to Publications on Other Cases; References; Index.

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