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Project Management: The Managerial Process with Student CD and MS Project CD (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series Operations and Decision Sciences) by Clifford F. Gray and Erik W. Larson | 
 enlarge | Authors: Clifford F. Gray, Erik W. Larson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Category: Book
Buy New: $111.99
New (8) Used (11) from $69.95
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 96458
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 574
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0073126993
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780073126999
ASIN: 0073126993
Publication Date: January 28, 2005
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Product Description
This text approaches Project Management from a holistic, balanced perspective. The text is developed around a philosophy of a project-driven organization committed to continuous improvement and organizational learning. The text is holistic--it directs attention to the needed linkage between projects and organizational strategy. Many project management textbooks emphasize the technical aspects of the subject, while providing scant attention to the human element in projects. This text succeeds in redressing the balance by treating both the technical and the behavioral aspects of the subject in nearly equal parts. Such a balance is possible because of the complementary backgrounds of the authors: Gray, a specialist in project management systems with an operations background, provides strong technical coverage of project management. Larson, whose professional background is in organizational behavior, brings a distinctive behavioral perspective to the subject.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Project Management Excellent September 29, 2008
S. Casey (Centreville, VA USA)
This book was is excellent condition. Just like all the other books I buy from Amazon. Some high lighing, but I knew of that before I purchased the book. Overall, I would recommend this seller to other buyers.
Good introductory book, but impractical June 4, 2008
Honest View
This wordy book is more heavy on management than on project management because the business professors are understandably not trained in project-specific disciplines. Hence, there is inadequate coverage of how projects are actually managed, particularly costing and key contractual issues. Even on their own terrain, the business relations are mostly asserted without solid research backing (e.g. section on culture, where certain cultures are asserted to be pro-projects, but the causal links are missing). If you are looking to teach students basic PM processes, this book is worth a look as the explanation is clear. But if you are a practitioner, learn from your discipline-specific masters. So I have to knock off 2 stars for inadequate coverage, and impracticality.
Good textbook for a novice July 1, 2007
Terry
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It seems that many people didn't like this book, but I used it for a class on PM & found it to be pretty good. I had no prior knowledge of the field. I really liked the accompanying Student CD-ROM for study & review of the material. I used the Microsoft Project trial CD-ROM & found that extremely useful also. I would recommend it as introductory material.
 Good to go. April 2, 2007
Steven E. Klobe
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Product was delivered on time and in the condition as described. Good deal.
 This is the worst textbook I have ever seen January 11, 2007
Douglas Marsh (Michigan)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
There are phrases and questions that worded very poorly. Many times I have to re-read a section 3-4 times to try to decipher. Many of the questions do not apply or correspond the text.
The exercises in the back of the book have not connection to the actual material. Quite often the reader is left to searching the Internet or consulting the teacher to fill in the gaps.
This is a very poorly written book, and will likely cause more confusion than it educates.
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