With so many organisations using projects to implement change, and easy-to-use computer packages greatly reducing the mechanistic aspects of project planning, project managers now require more highly developed leadership skills than even before. Managing Projects, Managing People draws on theoretical aspects of managing and mitigating risks, motivational and leadership theory

"Will help those committed to learning how to embed knowledge through HR systems and it will help those committed to HR to recognize and deliver knowledge as the outcome of their work." - cover.

Despite clear evidence of a serious decline in morale, the major competitors in the law firm management marketplace have virtually ignored the motivational facet of current managerial theory and practice. In addressing human resources topics as they apply to the modern law firm, this book fills a genuine void in

'Managing People' addresses the perspective of the individual manager whose role includes the management of people, as well as issues concerning the organization as a whole. The theme of the book is about responding to organizational and environmental change and the people skills that will be required for this in

Absolutely everybody in all types of organisation - business, professional, governmental, academic - has to make the critical leap to managing people for the first time. Written from the perspective of the novice, and widely adopted in businesses, in particular the public sector, this book reflects the changes in theory