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The best handbook for project management in British archaeology.
Written in a lively and informal style, this book explains what managers need to know to deal with their clients, staff and projects, giving advice on email and time management, project planning, corporate marketing and ethics. "a cogent analysis of the problems inherent in archaeological management. This book should be required reading for all archaeologists - at all stages of their careers" The Historic Environment £16 including P&P in UK Order from [email protected] *Now ebook available free (PDF)* Contents Preface Acknowledgements Section 1: Introduction Why reading management books won't help archaeologists Bad habits of archaeological managers and where they came from Isn’t good management just common sense? Exercise 1: Your beliefs and assumptions Section 2: The 10 simple stepsStep 1: IdentityStep 2: Labels Step 3: Image Step 4: Training Step 5: Communication Step 6: Costs and risks Step 7: Don’t overperform the spec Step 8: Archaeology isn’t just excavation Step 9: Take Health and Safety seriously Step 10: Treat junior staff well Section 3: The Manager’s toolkit Email is your friend not your enemy iGoogle can change your life Getting Things Done Time management Exercise 2: Review your current time-use Microsoft Project Excel cheatsheet 360 degree evaluation Exercise 3: Evaluation A training buddy Section 4: Action plan Exercise 4: Love/hate map Section 5: Practical management Company health-check Quality systems in archaeology Succession planning and career development How to fix a failing project What is PRINCE2 and should I be using it? Why do good Project Officers make bad Project Managers? Being positive about business meetings What not to say at a client meeting Copyright for archaeologists The archaeological marketplace Commercial archaeology and the ethics of development Preservation and ethics Coping with the crunch: hard times are coming Hard times economics Bridging the skills gap and re-thinking evaluation Curatorial practice after the crunch Management gurus and the 10 simple steps Afterword Bibliography Binding: paperback ISBN: 978-0-9565067-3-3 Series: No Series Product class: BB Language: eng Audience: General adult BIC subject category: HDW 1DB Publisher: Carreg Ffylfan Press Pub date: 1-February-12 Extent: 159pp Height: 240mm Width: 159mm Thickness: 9mm Weight: 252g Supplier: Carreg Ffylfan Press Supplier: Gwales.com Availability: In stock Price: GBP 16.00 Rights: World Archaeological science, methodology and techniques/ British Isles | ||
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