Larson Erik W. - Project Management: the Managerial Process

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Project Management

The Managerial Process Eighth Edition

Erik W. Larson

Clifford F. Gray

Oregon State University

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT: THE MANAGERIAL PROCESS, EIGHTH EDITION

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Names: Gray, Clifford F., author. | Larson, Erik W., 1952- author.

Title: Project management : the managerial process / Erik W. Larson,

Clifford F. Gray, Oregon State University.

Description: Eighth edition. | New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2021]

| Clifford F. Gray appears as the first named author in earlier

editions. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary:

Our motivation in writing this text continues to be to provide a

realistic, socio-technical view of project management. In the past,

textbooks on project management focused almost exclusively on the tools

and processes used to manage projects and not the human dimension

Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019028390 (print) | LCCN 2019028391 (ebook) |

ISBN 9781260238860 (paperback) | ISBN 1260238865 (paperback) |

ISBN 9781260242379 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Project management. | Time management. | Risk management.

Classification: LCC HD69.P75 G72 2021 (print) | LCC HD69.P75 (ebook) |

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