| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 131 pages : illustrations (some color)) |
| Contents |
The Challenge of Digital TransformationAdapting Project Management to Meet This ChallengeChapter Case-Study 1 -- The Stockton and Darlington RailwayChapter Case-Study 2 -- The Transcontinental RailroadChapter Case-Study 3 -- The Manchester Ship Canal and the World's First Industrial ParkConclusions |
| Summary |
This book examines the management of three projects from the nineteenth century which led to substantial business transformation: the Stockton to Darlington Railway, the US Transcontinental Railroad and the Manchester Ship Canal. The lessons learned are of great relevance to contemporary project management, particularly those concerned with disruptive technology. The book addresses a wide range of project management topics associated with transformation. These include value management, project culture and morale, project complexity, uncertainty, prototyping and piloting, agility, innovation, risk and knowledge management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 13, 2019) |
| Subject |
Project management -- History
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Organizational change.
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Organizational Innovation
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Organizational change
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Project management
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| SUBJECT |
Manchester Ship Canal (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96001099
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| Subject |
England -- Manchester Ship Canal
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Procter, Chris, author
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| ISBN |
9783030330354 |
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3030330354 |
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