Management Skills for Project Leaders

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVII

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2. Dealing with uncertainty and complexity

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   Pages 1-19

3. Managing complexity — unhelpful and effective strategies

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   Pages 21-44

4. Decision-making in the face of complexity and an unknown future

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   Pages 45-64

5. Valuable perspectives to help us deal with complexity

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   Pages 69-86

6. Empowerment and self-development

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   Pages 87-109

7. Facilitating the development of staff

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   Pages 111-133

8. The unlearning and learning organisation

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   Pages 135-154

9. The change process

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   Pages 155-174

10. Change agent skills

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    Pages 175-202

Managing projects involves being able to deal with uncertainty and complexity in the workplace, but traditional management models have severe limitations under these circumstances. We require new paradigms to help us make sense of the world in which we live and work. This book is the result of many workshops and courses for project leaders working in a variety of settings in low- and middle-income countries. It brings together some of the thoughts of leading management writers in an accessible form, using fictitious case studies to illustrate important points. The various activities described can be used in workshops, by project leaders and managers. The book is of interest to project leaders both in the governmental (public) and voluntary sector as well as members of non-governmental organisations from a wide range of disciplines, e.g. health, agriculture and community development.

• Change
• Gesundheitsmanager
• Public Health
• management
• organization
• strategy

• Centre for International Child Health Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, England

  Marie-Claude Foster

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