How Do Managers Control Technology-Intensive Work?

Technology pervades every aspect of the modern business enterprise and demands new strategies for work management. Advances in internet and computing technologies, the emergence of the "knowledge worker", globalization, resource scarcity, and intense competition have led corporations to ac...

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Autor principal: Pinheiro,Angelo Bernard
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Publicado: Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2010
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-272420100002000012010-10-15How Do Managers Control Technology-Intensive Work?Pinheiro,Angelo Bernard project management control self-directed teams project-matrix organization PMBOK earned value analysis project risk assessment schedule compression analysis quality function deployment management tools Technology pervades every aspect of the modern business enterprise and demands new strategies for work management. Advances in internet and computing technologies, the emergence of the "knowledge worker", globalization, resource scarcity, and intense competition have led corporations to accomplish their strategic goals and objectives through the implementation of projects. Project success is assured by the effective use of financial and human resources, a project management (PM) framework backed by senior management, and controls spanning the PM spectrum of initiation; planning; implementation; monitoring, measurement, and control; and closing. As an essential function of management, 'control' may be accomplished through a PM Plan, a project-matrix organization, competent and motivated people, and appropriate management tools and techniques. A PM Plan conforming to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) framework incorporates controls for the key PM elements and, implemented properly, can assure project success.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.5 n.2 20102010-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242010000200001en10.4067/S0718-27242010000200001
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topic project management
control
self-directed teams
project-matrix organization
PMBOK
earned value analysis
project risk assessment
schedule compression analysis
quality function deployment
management tools
spellingShingle project management
control
self-directed teams
project-matrix organization
PMBOK
earned value analysis
project risk assessment
schedule compression analysis
quality function deployment
management tools
Pinheiro,Angelo Bernard
How Do Managers Control Technology-Intensive Work?
description Technology pervades every aspect of the modern business enterprise and demands new strategies for work management. Advances in internet and computing technologies, the emergence of the "knowledge worker", globalization, resource scarcity, and intense competition have led corporations to accomplish their strategic goals and objectives through the implementation of projects. Project success is assured by the effective use of financial and human resources, a project management (PM) framework backed by senior management, and controls spanning the PM spectrum of initiation; planning; implementation; monitoring, measurement, and control; and closing. As an essential function of management, 'control' may be accomplished through a PM Plan, a project-matrix organization, competent and motivated people, and appropriate management tools and techniques. A PM Plan conforming to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) framework incorporates controls for the key PM elements and, implemented properly, can assure project success.
author Pinheiro,Angelo Bernard
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title How Do Managers Control Technology-Intensive Work?
title_short How Do Managers Control Technology-Intensive Work?
title_full How Do Managers Control Technology-Intensive Work?
title_fullStr How Do Managers Control Technology-Intensive Work?
title_full_unstemmed How Do Managers Control Technology-Intensive Work?
title_sort how do managers control technology-intensive work?
publisher Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
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