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Article Change Management , Team Building , Resource Management 1 February 2017

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Office Makeover

By Couch, Christina Workplace makeover projects are designed to inspire. Yelp, for example, recently completed a US$20 million project to create an integrated office environment for its new headquarters in New York,…

Conference Paper Change Management , Team Building , Resource Management 13 May 2016

A smooth sea never made a skilful sailor

By Bonghez, Simona | Grigoroiu, Adina In Managing Change in Organizations: A Practice Guide (Project Management Institute, 2013), change management is presented as an essential organizational capability that cascades across and…

Conference Paper Change Management , Team Building 19 October 2008

Every team's captain

By Gilbert, Jonathan Of all the tangible deliverables that project and program managers realize, the intangible organizational change that their teams create is often their greatest contribution to the enterprise and…

Conference Paper Change Management , Team Building , Resource Management 2007

Implementing business systems in project-driven organizations

By Mathew, John One of the most difficult project types to manage is the implementation of a large business system developed to generate organizational change and improve personnel performance. This paper examines…

Conference Paper Change Management , Team Building 2006

A state department case study in project team building, constraints, competencies, conflicts, and the people side of change

By Douglas, Joyce | Ra, Jang A project's outcome is largely determined by the project team's dynamics. This paper examines how project managers can navigate a project team's dynamics, discussing this in relation to an effort…

Conference Paper Team Building , Change Management 3 October 2002

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A team building approach to organizational change

By Zervigón, Carlos R. | Saia, John P. A unique approach at achieving empowered project teams in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans district. The approach initiated team building with the executive team, which achieved…

Article Change Management , Team Building August 1999

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The team-friendly organizational structure

By Wilkins, Sherryl G. The organizational structures that evolved in the 20th century were hierarchical and based on the specialization of labor, whereas today's organizations are becoming more project-based and…

Article Change Management , Team Building March 1999

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Project culture in China

By Dittman, J. Paul The Whirlpool Corporation installed an MRP (Manufacturing/Materials Requirements Planning) process/system in a large factory in China. This article reports on how this large project was handled, and…

Article Change Management , Team Building , Resource Management February 1995

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Reengineering a non-centralized project structure into a centralized project structure

By Knutson, Joan Staff members being asked to use project management may need initial support in establishing the project processes and procedures and may need ongoing support in maintaining the project management…