Professionalization of Project Management: Exploring the Past to Map the Future

From: PM Network | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE Professionalization of Project Management: Exploring the Past to Map the Future Project Management Institute, 2004, ISBN: 1930699069, paperback, 188 pp., $29.95 Member, $39.95 Nonmember.

WHAT IS THE OCCUPATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT? A rigid, formulaic practice of applying best practices to projects? A creative enterprise designed to assist learning and action in organizations? As PMI's membership continues to grow, the debate heats up over whether project m...

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