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Title: Leading Project Teams: An Introduction To The Basics Of Project Management And Project Team Leadership
Author: Anthony T. Cobb
Publisher: Sage Publications
Year of Publication: 2006
Call Number: 658.4022 COB
Leading Project Teams by Anthony T. Cobb is a practical guide to managing projects and leading teams effectively. The book explains how project leaders can establish clear objectives, organise tasks, manage schedules and risks, and build productive working relationships.
It emphasises that successful project management requires both technical planning skills and the ability to motivate, guide and support team members.
The author covers the entire project process, from defining the project's purpose and deliverables to scheduling activities, developing team capabilities, managing the working environment and preparing clear project reports.
Practical tools, including work breakdown structures, scheduling techniques and risk assessment, help readers apply project management principles to real-world situations.
This book is useful for managers, project coordinators and team leaders responsible for organising workplace initiatives, implementing organisational programmes or coordinating cross-departmental activities.
Its principles can help public-sector officers plan programmes systematically, coordinate staff responsibilities, monitor progress and evaluate outcomes.
