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… there is a strong community feeling and the passions of the givers are genuine. “We can achieve more by giving together than we can by giving alone“, is tangible.
Read Tom’s article in The Guardian Professional. Former MP Tom Levitt is author of Gower’s Partners for Good
Richard Minogue (The Anatomy of Fraud and Corruption and, forthcoming, Bad Governance and Good Intent) poses a very interesting conundrum on his blog. He argues that despite paying lip service to governance, companies condone sharp practice and, worse still, some companies even mark down employees who put ethics above short-term gain.
On 15th September, Cary Cooper who is a Gower author and Editor of the Psychological and Behavioural Aspects of Risk series, took part in a one hour live Q&A with the Chartered Management Institute. Please see Cary’s Q&A correspondence here.
Graham Oakes’ piece on the e-Consultancy blog, Governance – Nine Steps to Good Decision Making, has attracted considerable interest and comment, judging by the Twitter buzz highlighted on the same page. I am not surprised; there are few authors who can express themselves as concisely, as credibly and in term of such good common-sense as Graham. This piece is no exception – should be something of a masterclass example on how to write something short but with maximum impact. Graham Oakes is author of Gower Publishing’s Project Reviews, Assurance and Governance.
Following the APM Project Management Conference 2010 Delivering the Future in Partnership, the APM Project Management Conference 2011 aims to issue a ‘call to action’ and address the challenges of a new world by defining a new kind of project management.
“New world, new project management looks at how the profession will rise to the challenges of the new world – climate change, technological advances, globalisation, social networks, public health, security and economic regeneration and growth. The challenges require fundamentally new ways of making sense and shaping a world we neither control, nor fully understand” writes Professor Darren Dalcher (Editor of Gower’s Fundamentals of Project Management and Advances in Project Management Series’) in his APM blog.
The APM Project Management Conference is an interactive forum bringing together project professionals and decision makers from across the public and private sectors. Date: Thursday 20th October 2011. Venue: The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SD.
David West’s ‘Viewpoint’ white paper in this months PM World Today discusses the merits of unconscious instinct versus rational analysis and the place for these different approaches within Project Management.
David West is author of Project Sponsorship, recently published by Gower.
Our latest Business and Management Catalogue is now completed. Do peruse it for new, forthcoming and popular titles at http://bit.ly/mn5lmR
We will be attending and have a stand at the 2011 CounterFraud and Forensic Accounting Conference on June 13th in Portsmouth, Hampshire. This one day event is run by Portsmouth University’s Centre for Counter Fraud Studies.
More information about this conference can be found here 2011 CounterFraud and Forensic Accounting Conference.
You will also be able to meet these Gower authors who will be speaking at the conference:
- Dick Russill - A Short Guide to Procurement Risk
- Nigel Iyer – A Short Guide to Fraud Risk, and
- Garry Honey – A Short Guide to Reputation Risk
In other words, how do you know whether your risk management is good enough? An intriguing question which David Hillson explores in an article in the current issue of Project World Today. He suggests four levels of increasing capability … interesting to try and match your organization against the scale. David Hillson is author of Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude, Managing Group Risk Attitude, Managing Risk in Projects and Exploiting Future Uncertainty.
