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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For example, read on your commute or listen to an audiobook at the gym. It will teach you how to influence others, even when you are not directly managing them. It was first published in 2016, so that makes it quite old as books go, but sustainability is something that is taking more of a hold (thankfully) in how we deliver projects.

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Are You Ready For The Social Tech Revolution?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For example, Yammer is deployed as a business-focused alternative to Facebook; various Instant Messaging tools such as Skype for Business and Slack take the place of WhatsApp and enterprise tools such as SocialCast are found in organizations as a replacement for micro-blogging tools such as Twitter.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

Butchibabu and her colleagues (2016) performed an experiment with 13 teams. For example, a developer may want to spend some time with their designer before they start implementation on UI-oriented items. For example, what may feel like a lively debate for one member can be an anxiety-inducing argument for another.

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Are You A Workplace Bully?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Simply put – I believe that we learn from the examples set by those above. You don’t have to look far to find examples that support my perspective. Whether project managers are bullies themselves or promote organizational influencers that are, the risks are high. Paul Pelletier. The Risks of Being A Workplace Bully.

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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

Recognize how much of your thinking is still subtly influenced by a mechanical perspective in organizations . like network patterning, mood, safety, social contact and social influence?—?than A good example of this is when employees are handed new “task procedures” for the work they’ve always done. than on individual traits.

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How to Deal with Challenging Situations Involving Stakeholders

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We found that the project environment plays a crucial role in creating challenging situations involving stakeholders for project managers and that project managers can often take active measures to influence and improve this. She worked for nearly 10 years in the industry before joining academia in 2016. The structural environment.

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Working Remotely? This Will Hit You Next!

Scrum.org

During the Ebola outbreak 2013-2016, people exhibited anxiety-invoked behavior to a large extent. This included for example violence against medical personnel and disregarding of the rules installed to protect the populace, such as funeral rites and treatment of sick people. Mass actions are influenced by the actions of the masses.