The book is primarily intended to serve as a textbook for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students of management studies. The book covers the syllabus prescribed by most universities/institutes in India on the subject "Project Management". The book will also be of use to commerce students and for students of professional courses like AICWA, ACA and CFA.
All aspects of projects, viz., Project identification, Project appraisal, Project planning and scheduling, Project implementation, Project evaluation and Post audit to projects have been covered. The book also touches upon finer and practical aspects of project analysis and implementation which will be of great use to entrepreneurs.
The subject matter has been presented in a simple and lucid form. Project scheduling techniques have been explained in detail with the aid of graded examples to bring home the concepts clearly. Case studies taken from real life situations add value to the book, as this will help understand the practicalities involved in the discipline of Project Management. In the present edition two more chapters, viz., 'Entrepreneurship' and 'Time Value of Money' have been included which will add value to the book. Though the book is mainly addressed to students, it will be equally useful to project appraisers, project managers and entrepreneurs as well. |