Managing Project Ending (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)

Giving readers a guide on how to manage projects efficiently, this book explores how best to manage a product failure and an unscheduled end of a project. Using a detailed account and data on an extensive strategic network over several years, the authors expertly mix theory and practice, focusing on a case study, where a company decides to put an end on investing any more in the project.It discusses in particular: how managers can handle involved stakeholders in a positive way how the strategic business network around the ending project can be successfully managed. Filling a gap in the available literature, this book is a must read for all students studying or interested in project management and purchasing and supply management.Virpi Havila is the author of 'Managing Project Ending (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)', published 2008 under ISBN 9780415423373 and ISBN 0415423376.