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Conference Paper Talent Management, Decision Making, Leadership, Resource Management, Aerospace & Defense 10 October 2015

How the U. S. defense department trains its top project managers

By Gadeken, Owen C. For more than 40 years, the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) has been training project managers for the U.S. Department of Defense. The course has changed dramatically since then, with…

Conference Paper Leadership, Aerospace & Defense 12 October 2010

Achieving business results with Strategic Project Leadership®

By Shenhar, Aaron The new and integrated approach known as strategic project leadership (SPL) can help project professionals manage the business demands of implementing projects and address the operational needs of…

Article Leadership, Aerospace & Defense June 2007

Project Management Journal

Leadership behaviors in matrix environments

By Wellman, Jerry Previous studies have identified the behaviors that program managers must possess to succeed in matrix organizations. What is not known are those behaviors which senior managers working within…

Conference Paper Leadership, Aerospace & Defense 24 June 2000

What the Defense Systems Management College has learned from ten years of project leadership research

By Gadeken, Owen C. Which competencies distinguish superior from average performing project managers? The Defense Systems Management College has conducted five separate research studies over the last ten years on the…

Article Leadership, Aerospace & Defense December 1974

Project Management Quarterly

Reflections on project management

By Shillito, Barry J. To implement projects successfully, project managers must not only control a project's schedule and cost performance, they must also guide and motivate the performance of the individuals they manage…