Managing the unknown [[electronic resource] ] : a new approach to managing high uncertainty and risk in projects / / Christoph H. Loch, Arnoud De Meyer, Michael T. Pich

• Autore: Loch C (Christoph)
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/04; 658.404
• Soggetto topico: Project management; Risk management
• Classificazione: 85.03
• Altri autori: MeyerArnoud de PichMichael T
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. A new look at project risk management -- pt. 2. Managing the unknown -- pt. 3. Putting selectionism and learning into practice -- pt. 4. Managing the unknown : the role of senior management.
• Sommario/riassunto: Managing the Unknown offers a new way of looking at the problem of managing projects in novel and unknown environments. From Europe's leading business school, this book shows how to manage two fundamental approaches that, in combination, offer the possibility of coping with unforeseen influences that inevitably arise in novel projects:* Trial-and-Error Learning allows for redefining the plan and the project as the project unfolds* Selectionism pursues multiple, independent trials in order to pick the best one at the endManaging the Unknown offers expert guidelines to the specif
• Titolo autorizzato: Managing the unknown
• ISBN: 1-118-27682-5; 1-283-40397-8; 9786613403971; 1-118-27673-6; 0-470-17237-1; 0-470-36198-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830932303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II