Deadline!
(Sprache: Englisch)
"In the world of business, every second counts...and some seconds count more than others. Executives never know when a critical time challenge is going to rear its ugly head, and knowing exactly how to handle it is the only thing that stands between...
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"In the world of business, every second counts...and some seconds count more than others. Executives never know when a critical time challenge is going to rear its ugly head, and knowing exactly how to handle it is the only thing that stands between success and failure. Here, based on the author's personal on-site interviews and observations, are the stories of prestigious organizations in a wide variety of industries successfully facing seemingly impossible deadlines.
Broncos Stadium looked like a time management nightmare...until Turner Construction brought it in below budget and ahead of schedule
Every shipping company turned down a unique challenge from Technicolor except for Airborne Express...which now ""owns"" the film distribution market
Tropical storm Allison devastated the area around Conoco's Houston headquarters, overwhelming the local authorities...but not Conoco employees
Boeing's 777, an FBI kidnapping case, the 2001 Odyssey Orbiter on a mission to Mars -- howtheir teams made the impossible happen
Revealing (and quantifying) indispensable lessons in managing projects, the book shows how readers can overcome their own extraordinary challenges to beat the clock and achieve exhilarating success."
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"Preface [vii]
Introduction: Making the Impossible Happen [ix]
Chapter One: Turner Construction Company Makes the Rocky Mountains Thunder
Delayed, stymied, frustrated at every turn, Turner Construction Company delivers the new Broncos football stadium ahead of time and under budget.
Chapter Two: Airborne Express Accepts the Technicolor Challenge
Airborne Express enters a venture so fraught with deadlines that UPS and FedEx had backed away.
Chapter Three: Mission to Mars: The 2001 Odyssey Orbiter
Successful deadline management doesn't have to be rocket science.
Chapter Four: The Ultimate Deadline: How the FBI Manages a Kidnapping
Agents rush to meet a literal ""drop-dead"" deadline.
Chapter Five: Boeing's Race to Deliver the 777 Wide Body
A plane and a management philosophy for the twenty-first century.
Chapter Six: Conoco's Weekend of Caring
Volunteerism as the ultimate business deadline management tool.
Conclusion: Recurring Themes of Deadline Management"
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Dan Carrison
- 2003, X, 246 Seiten, Maße: 23,5 cm, Englisch
- Verlag: McGraw-Hill Professional
- ISBN-10: 0814407269
- ISBN-13: 9780814407264
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Englisch
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