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Sun Tzu and the project battleground : creating project strategy from 'the Art of war / David E. Hawkins and Shan Rajagopal.

By:

Hawkins, David E, 1947- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Rajagopal, Shan [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: xviii, 221 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1403943214
9781403943217

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

658.404 22

LOC classification:

HD30.28 .H387 2005

Contents:

Background on Sun Tzu -- Ch. 1. The battleground -- Ch. 2. Laying plans -- Ch. 3. Waging war -- Ch. 4. Attack by stratagem -- Ch. 5. Tactical disposition -- Ch. 6. Energy -- Ch. 7. Weak points and strong -- Ch. 8. Manoeuvring -- Ch. 9. Variations in tactics -- Ch. 10. The army on the march -- Ch. 11. Terrain -- Ch. 12. The nine situations -- Ch. 13. The attack by fire -- Ch. 14. The use of spies.

Review: "'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu has influenced many generations of business leaders as well as strategy gurus. Yet for many people in businesses and students of management the translation of strategy into business execution remains a mystery. For the first time Hawkins and Rajagopal provide a fully comprehensive account of this work and the influence of Sun Tzu in creating project strategy effectively to translate good strategic thinking into actionable and achievable plans that will yield desired operating results. Their book will give the reader the opportunity to appreciate and benefit from the knowledge that successful implementation of business strategies are supported by excellence in project strategy execution."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes index.

"'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu has influenced many generations of business leaders as well as strategy gurus. Yet for many people in businesses and students of management the translation of strategy into business execution remains a mystery. For the first time Hawkins and Rajagopal provide a fully comprehensive account of this work and the influence of Sun Tzu in creating project strategy effectively to translate good strategic thinking into actionable and achievable plans that will yield desired operating results. Their book will give the reader the opportunity to appreciate and benefit from the knowledge that successful implementation of business strategies are supported by excellence in project strategy execution."--BOOK JACKET.

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