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• Title:Project management in health and community services : getting good ideas to work / Judith Dwyer, Pauline Stanton and Valerie Thiessen.
  
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• Author/Creator:Dwyer, Judith, 1951-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Stanton, Pauline, 1953-
  Thiessen, Valerie, 1964-
  
• Published/Created:London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WA546.1 .D893 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 Missing - 07-14-2010
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Community health services.
  Project management.
  Public health.
  
• Medical Subjects: Community Health Services--organization & administration.
  Program Development--methods.
  Program Evaluation--methods.
  
• Description:xxi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  
• Summary:"From the inception of a good idea, to convincing your supervisor to support your project, to wrapping up a successful outcome and capturing the lessons learnt, Project Management in Health and Community Services offers practical problem-solving strategies and a comprehensive guide to managing projects. It uses international case studies and examples from the field to illustrate a range of topics such as the project lifecycle, project planning, execution and evaluation, risk management, change, and effective teams." "Written by authors with years of practical experience and underpinned by recent research, this is a valuable resource for anyone studying or working in health and community services."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index.
  
• ISBN:0415340527
  0415340535 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Why project management?
  Ch. 2. project context : the sector and the organisation
  Ch. 3. Understanding project management
  Ch. 4. concept phase : what do you want to do and why?
  Ch. 5. planning phase : what will you do and how will you do it?
  Ch. 6. implementation phase : carrying out the plan
  Ch. 7. Closing and evaluation : action, reaction, reflection, action
  Conclusion: organisational learning and keeping on track.