Saturday, 15 October 2011

Case Studies in Project Program and Organizational Project Management

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Case Studies in Project Program and Organizational Project Management


The ever expanding market need for information on how to apply project management principles and the PMBOK contents to day-to-day business situations has been met by our case studies book by Harold Kerzner.  That book was a spin-off from and ancillary to his best selling text but has gained a life of its own beyond adopters of that textbook.  All indications are that the market is hungry for more cases while our own need to expand the content we control, both in-print and online would benefit from such an expansion of project management "case content".  The authors propose to produce a book of cases that compliment Kerzner's book.  A book that offers cases beyond the general project management areas and into PMI's growth areas of program management and organizational project management.  The book will be structured to follow the PMBOK in coverage so that it can not only be used to supplement project management courses, but also for self study and training courses for the PMP Exam.
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7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave

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7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave

More than 85% of managers believe employees leave because they have been pulled away by “more pay” or “better opportunity.” Yet, more than 80 percent of employees say it was “push” factors related to poor management practices or toxic cultures that drove them out. This gaping disparity between belief and reality keeps organizations from addressing the costly problems of employee disengagement and regrettable turnover with on-target solutions. The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave gives readers a deeper understanding of why conventional exit interviewing doesn’t work, and what organizations can do to identify, prevent, and correct the root causes of these problems. This valuable book shows how to avoid job-person mismatches, how to align employee expectations with the realities of the position and the company, how to provide constructive feedback and coaching that breeds employee confidence, and much more. The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave incorporates data from surveys of 19,700 employees performed by the Saratoga Institute, an internationally recognized research organization.

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