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Project Management

Contributor: Watt

Publisher: BCcampus

License: CC BY

This book covers the basics of project management. This includes the process of initiation, planning, execution, control and close out that all projects share.

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Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management

Contributors: Coffelt and Hendrickson

Publisher: Donald Coffelt and Chris Hendrickson

License: CC BY-SA

The authors believe this free of charge book, Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management, will expand the impact of the material and help improve the practice of infrastructure management. By ‘free of charge,' we mean that the material can be freely obtained, but readers should devote time and effort to mastering the material. We have provided problem assignments for various chapters, and we strongly urge readers to undertake the problems as a learning experience.

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Efficacious Technology Management: A Guide for School Leaders

Contributor: Ackerman

Publisher: Gary Ackerman

License: CC BY-NC-SA

Dr. Gary Ackerman, an educational technology specialist with decades of experience in K-12, community college, and faculty development has released Efficacious Technology Management: A Guide for School Leaders. This is his second book, and it is available under a Creative Commons license.

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Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order - Third Edition

Contributors: Russell, Pferdehirt, Nelson, and Price

Publisher: University of Wisconsin - Madison

License: CC BY

The Technical Project Management class is designed to help students build on their past experiences and develop effective strategies for managing complex technical projects, with an emphasis on applying project management concepts to real-world problems. In the weekly web conferences, the class comes together in community to discuss the lesson topics, considering the practical applications of the concepts in each subject area.

(1 review)

Management Communication

Contributors: Thomas, Haupt, and Spackman

Publisher: The Marriott School at Brigham Young University

License: CC BY-SA

Communication is the heart of business. Short emails, complex reports, private chats, impassioned pitches, formal presentations, and team meetings move information and ideas around an organization, define strategy, and drive decisions. Business communication is concise, direct, clear, and compelling.

(7 reviews)

Principles of Management

Publisher: OpenStax

License: CC BY

Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.

(9 reviews)

Building Information - Representation and Management: Fundamentals and Principles

Contributor: Koutamanis

Publisher: TU Delft Open

License: CC BY-NC-SA

The book presents a coherent theory of building information, focusing on its representation and management in the digital era. It addresses issues such as the information explosion and the structure of analogue building representations to propose a parsimonious approach to the deployment and utilization of symbolic digital technologies like BIM.

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Strategic Management - 2nd Edition

Contributor: Morris

Publisher: Oregon State University

License: CC BY-NC

This open source textbook is derived from many sources, initially from the Principles of Management by Carpenter, Bauer, and Erdogan, but there is abundant new content as well. It is published under a Creative Commons license and as such there is no charge ever for this textbook. The most important change from 1e is that static content was removed to make room for student-generated dynamic content. Throughout the book look for the names of contributing students in the red colored example boxes. As the term progresses, you will see new examples appear as fellow students research and summarize topics for current events, all are curated by the instructor.

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Financial Management for Small Businesses: Financial Statements & Present Value Models

Contributors: Robinson, Hanson, and Black

Publisher: Michigan State University

License: CC BY

This book is for those whose financial management focus is on small businesses. For you, we adapt the traditional financial management themes emphasized in corporate financial management courses to meet the needs of small businesses.

(2 reviews)

Sustainable Property Management

Contributor: Hopkins

Publisher: Virginia Tech Publishing

License: CC BY-NC-SA

Although “sustainability,” as used in the real estate context, is about preserving the environment, it is about more than that. In sustainable property management, sustainability encompasses three spheres—environmental, social, and economic. Sustainable property management is about reconciling these three spheres throughout the operations and maintenance phase of the building lifecycle in such a way that a balance is achieved between economic development and protection of environmental and social resources.

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