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Applied Psychology for Project Managers

A Practitioner's Guide to Successful Project Management

  • Provides psychological know-how and scientifically based best practice to solve challenges in project management
  • Serves as an every-day companion for practitioners in project management
  • Includes checklists and highlights key issues in each chapter for quick reference

Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • Lutz von Rosenstiel, Monika Wastian, Isabell Braumandl, Michael A. West
    Pages 1-15
  3. Managing Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Project Lifecycles: Challenges in and Approaches to Process Design from a Psychological Perspective

      • Michael Schneider, Monika Wastian, Marilyn Kronenberg
      Pages 19-36
    3. Effective Decision Making and Problem Solving in Projects

      • Felix C. Brodbeck, Yves R. F. Guillaume
      Pages 37-52
    4. Communication in Projects

      • Richard Streich, Jens Brennholt
      Pages 53-72
    5. Knowledge Management for Projects

      • Katrin Winkler, Heinz Mandl
      Pages 73-84
    6. Project Coaching: An Effective Means for Successful Projects

      • Monika Wastian, Brigitte Dost-Tauschl, Isabell Braumandl
      Pages 85-104
  4. Managing the Project Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
    2. Personnel Psychology in Project Management

      • Klaus Moser, Nathalie Galais, Anastasia Byler
      Pages 107-128
    3. Power and Interpersonal Influence in Successful Project Management

      • Jutta Solga, Alexander Witzki, Gerhard Blickle
      Pages 129-146
  5. Managing People

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
    2. Positive Project Management Teams

      • Joanne Lyubovnikova, Michael A. West
      Pages 149-159
    3. Dreamteam or Nightmare? Collaboration in Project Teams

      • Simone Kauffeld, Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, Sven Grote
      Pages 161-177
    4. Commitment and Identification with Projects

      • Rafaela Kraus, Ralph Woschée
      Pages 179-195
    5. The Project Leader as Executive

      • Jürgen Wegge, Klaus-Helmut Schmidt
      Pages 197-212
    6. Self-Management for Project Managers

      • Silke Weisweiler, Jürgen Kuhrts, Isabell Braumandl, Ellen Schmid
      Pages 213-229
  6. Managing Innovation and Creativity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
    2. Innovation and Creativity in Project Teams

      • Günter W. Maier, Ute R. Hülsheger, Neil Anderson
      Pages 233-247
    3. Creative Thinking

      • Eva Traut-Mattausch, Rudolf Kerschreiter, Christoph Burkhardt
      Pages 249-266

About this book

This book offers an essential manual for project managers, project management offices (PMO’s), trainers and consultants, addressing the psychological side of project management. Written by leading scholars in organizational psychology and by top experts in project management, it covers all major psychological topics that are key to project success. The book features dedicated chapters on leadership and teamwork, including virtual and intercultural cooperation, commitment and motivation of project teams. It adds a psychological perspective to personnel management, decision-making, information and knowledge management and communication in project work. Power, influencing tactics and other aspects of stakeholder management are covered, as well as project coaching, innovation and creativity, self-management and the management of conflicts, risks and crises.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Organisationspsychologie, Munich, Germany

    Monika Wastian

  • Institute for Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Lutz Rosenstiel

  • Lancaster University Management School and The King's Fund, Lancaster and London, United Kingdom

    Michael A. West

  • CoBeCe, Regensburg, Germany

    Isabell Braumandl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Applied Psychology for Project Managers

  • Book Subtitle: A Practitioner's Guide to Successful Project Management

  • Editors: Monika Wastian, Lutz Rosenstiel, Michael A. West, Isabell Braumandl

  • Series Title: Management for Professionals

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44214-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-44213-5Published: 05 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52522-7Published: 06 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-44214-2Published: 24 February 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8096

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-810X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 329

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Project Management, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Organization

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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