In the continuing endeavour to work towards ever better management, the project manager has a crucial role to play. This monograph assesses the requirements of project management in terms of training and experience, demonstrates what sort of person the project manager should be, and also the role that should be played by the project team. In order to illustrate the manner in which the essential qualities in both the project manager and his team are displayed in action a number of completed projects worldwide are reviewed. Both successful projects and disastrous projects are used to demonstrate the way in which the problems encountered in real life can be met and overcome. In conclusion both the prospects and the problems that the future may hold for the project manager are assessed.
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1 May 1987
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May 01 1987
The Project Manager in the 1990s
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6593
Print ISSN: 0144-3577
© MCB UP Limited
1987
International Journal of Operations & Production Management (1987) 7 (5): 1–75.
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Stallworthy EA, Kharbanda OP (1987), "The Project Manager in the 1990s". International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 7 No. 5 pp. 1–75, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054803
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