Management Skills for Project Leaders

Managing projects involves being able to deal with uncertainty andcomplexity in the workplace, but traditional management models havesevere limitations under these circumstances. We require new paradigmsto help us make sense of the world in which we live and work.This book is the result of many workshops and courses for projectleaders working in a variety of settings in low- and middle-incomecountries. It brings together some of the thoughts of leading managementwriters in an accessible form, using fictitious case studies toillustrate important points. The various activities described can beused in workshops, by project leaders and managers. The book is ofinterest to project leaders both in the governmental (public) andvoluntary sector as well as members of non-governmental organisationsfrom a wide range of disciplines, e.g. health, agriculture and communitydevelopment.