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The Business of Projects breaks new ground by showing how leading businesses create and implement projects to drive strategy and innovation. Projects are used to coordinate activities with customers and suppliers and ensure that organisations become more dynamic and adaptable. The book extends the resource-based view of the firm to focus on the business lessons learned from the design and production of high-value complex products and systems (CoPS), which have always been project-based. As well as new frameworks and management tools, it provides case studies of high-technology industries - such as telecommunications, flight simulation and medical devices - to show how projects are used to achieve strategic objectives, perform systems integration, organise productive activities, manage software, achieve organisational learning and deliver solutions for customers. This book is essential reading for project professionals, academics, students, engineers, managers and policy makers seeking a strategic, innovative perspective on projects.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521843287
eBay Product ID (ePID)90189766
Product Key Features
Number of Pages330 Pages
Publication NameThe Business of Projects: Managing Innovation in Complex Products and Systems
LanguageEnglish
SubjectManagement
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndrew Davies, Michael Hobday
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight650 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMichael Hobday, Andrew Davies