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Palgrave Macmillan

Managing Sensitive Projects

A Lateral Approach

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Olivier d’Herbemont
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  2. Bruno César
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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Basic Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Characterising a Sensitive Project

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 3-13

    3. Segmenting the Field of Play

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 15-22

    4. Measuring the Players’ Sociodynamics

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 23-38

    5. Lateralising the Project

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 39-43

    6. Identifying Faults in the Players’ Behaviour

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 45-59

  3. Launching the Project

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Strategies that Do Not Work

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 63-69

    3. The Strategy of the Lateral Project

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 71-81

    4. Launching the First Circle

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 83-93

  4. Conceiving a Lateral Project

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-97
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    2. Taking the Irrational into Account

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 99-118

    3. Do Not Respect Time, Respect Timing

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 119-128

    4. Going for Broke

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 129-133

    5. Have Allies Write the Lateral Project

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 135-137

    6. Moving from Penalties to Benefits

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 139-141

  5. Developing the Dynamics of the Lateral Project

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-144
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    2. Helping Allies to Act

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 145-161

    3. Adapting a Project in Real Time According to Events and Micro-Events

      • Olivier d’Herbemont, Bruno César
      Pages 163-179
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About this book

Every day, managers must adapt to rapidly changing markets and situations. This book deals with sensitive or difficult projects. They range from redundancy programmes to disposal of radioactive waste, from the launch of a new product to the introduction of a new computer system. The method - the strategy of the lateral project - is radically different from those used in projects which are normally associated with traditional project management. It is based upon the lateral thinking concepts of Edward de Bono and is derived from 20 years experience of working with brave managers on projects which many others would have left to their successors. This is a revised translation of the prize-winning and best-selling French management book.

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'This is a very practical book with many ideas and techniques that could help sensitive project managers wherever the sensitivities lie.' - Strategy

About the authors

OLIVIER D'HERBEMONT and BRUNO CESAR are the founders of the company, Herbemont Cesar Associes, who have engaged in innovative and pioneering work in the area of Managing Sensitive Projects. The original French edition of this book " La Strategie du Project Lateral", published by Dunod, won the prestigious Prix Dauphine Enterprise book prize in 1996 and has been a best selling business book in France. Pascal Etcheber and Tom Curtin have translated and edited the English edition.

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