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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 
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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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