25 April 2008

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Impact on Project Management of Allied Disciplines:
Trends and Future of Project Management Practices and Research

By Young Hoon Kwak, PhD, and Frank T. Anbari, PhD, PMP

Project management is greatly influenced by allied disciplines and, in return, it influences them. Therefore, innovative theories, trends and challenges discovered through investigating allied disciplines have important ramifications for the future of project management.

Allied disciplines include management science and organizational dynamics theories, which provide insights into project-driven organizations.

Supply chain management and business process outsourcing have also impacted organizational effectiveness and attitude on managing projects.

Impact on Project Management of Allied Disciplines is a collection of academic studies on trends in allied disciplines of project management. The book investigates the answers to such questions as:

• What future trends in allied disciplines might significantly affect project management?
• How would these trends affect project management?
• How would the impact of the trends affect the way project managers think?
• How can project managers and organizations overcome the challenges brought on by new trends in allied disciplines?

For a limited time beginning Thursday, 1 May, the PMI member price will be US$17.95, a 25 percent savings. Purchase this title at the Marketplace.