Famous quotes
Quotes by famous people, credited to who said them. Your own quotes must not match any of these. More are added all the time. 1,158,269 quotes Who coined it · How we decide
EnglishItalianoPolskiעבריתFrançaisPortuguêsفارسیEspañol中文РусскийDeutschالعربيةहिन्दी日本語ΕλληνικάLatina
Harold Kerzner
10 quotes
“There are always “class or prestige” gaps between various levels of management. There are also functional gaps between working units of the organization. If we superimpose the management gaps on top of the functional gaps, we find that companies are made up of small operational islands that refuse to communicate with one another for fear that giving up information may strengthen their opponents. The {[w|project manager}}’s responsibility is to get these islands to communicate cross-functionally toward common goals and objectives.”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 4 (2e ed. 1984)
“The ’s job is not an easy one. Project managers may have increasing responsibility, but very little authority. This lack of authority can force them to “negotiate” with upper-level management as well as functional management for control of company resources. They may often be treated as outsiders by the formal organization.”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 10 (2e ed. 1984) partly cited in: Frederick Betz (2011) Managing Technological Innovation. p. 172
“There is no such thing as a good or bad organizational structure; there are only appropriate or inappropriate ones.”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 93 (2e ed. 1984) cited in: Susan Freese (1989) Child sexual abuse: impact and aftershocks. p. 130 - Pagina 190
“If these responsibilities were applied to the total organization, they might reflect the job description of the general manager. This analogy between project and general managers is one of the reasons why future general managers are asked to perform functions that are implied, rather than spelled out, in the job description.”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 95-96 (1e ed. 1979) cited in: Howard G. Birnberg (1992) New directions in architectural and engineering practice. p. 192
“The acceptance of project management has not been easy, however. Many executives are not willing to accept change and are inflexible when it comes to adapting to a different environment.”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Project management has long been discussed by corporate executives and academics as one of several workable possibilities for organizational forms of the future that could integrate complex efforts and reduce bureaucracy.... This approach does not really destroy the vertical, bureaucratic flow of work but simply requires that line organizations talk to the other horizontally so work will be accomplished more smoothly throughout the organization”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today, the concept behind project management is being applied in such diverse industries and organizations as defense, construction, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, banking, hospitals, accounting, advertising, law, state and local governments, and the United Nations.”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Project management is the planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of company resources for a relatively short-term objective that has been established to complete specific goals and objectives. Furthermore, project management utilises the systems approach to management by having functional personnel (the vertical hierarchy) assigned to a specific project (the horizontal hierarchy).”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As contractors began to understand project management better and stronger cost control became a requirement, the definition of success changed. Success came to be defined as accomplishing the effort on time, within budget, and at an acceptable level of quality.”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today, excellent companies realize that project failures have more to do with behavioral shortcomings — poor employee morale, negative human relations, low productivity, and lack of commitment.”
Harold Kerzner (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source