Becoming a Sustainable Organization: A Project and Portfolio Management Approach (Best Practices and Advances in Program Management)
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1498700810 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 358 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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She has authored white papers and articles for online publications of Project Management, Sustainable Brands, and the Wharton Magazine.. About the AuthorKristina Kohl is the managing principal of HRComputes, a management consulting firm that provides strategic guidance, program, and project management to corporate clients in order to maximize their human capital investment through technology and change management. HRComputes is a registered New Jersey Sustainable Business, WBE, and SBE. In addition, she has been a guest lecturer for the University of Pennsylvania, La Salle University, and the Project Management Institute. They are recipients of the Gotham Green Award for sustainable strategy and earned a certificate of recognition from the New Jersey EPA for susta
Although they are often overlooked, project management professionals and HR professionals are valuable organizational resources for driving sustainable transformation. Organizations find that a performance gap exists between sustainability vision and benefits realization. These cases are based on interviews with experienced sustainability and project management professionals who have not just "talked the talk" but also "walked the walk."The voices of these professionals provide invaluable inspiration and guidance to sustainability champions and to program and project managers seeking to move their sustainability portfolio components forward within their organizations.. Effecting transformational change requires incorporating sustainability into organization’s culture including policies, processes, and people. The book provides a roadmap for organizations during their sustainability journey by sharing case studies, best practices, and lessons learned, as well as tools and techniques to drive change.This book is an ideal resource for project and portfolio managers, as well as executive managers, in organizations that are embarking on a sustainability journey. This book lays out a framework to improve sustainability integrations including case studies, lessons learned, best practices, and tools and templat
Excellent Book for Professionals Atom This is an excellent book, by an expert in the field of Sustainability. It's almost a Sustainability 101 course in a well-researched, 300+ page book, covering the spectrum from defining Sustainability all the way to the final chapter titled "Celebrating Success". For project managers who are either already working in this field, or who are aspiring to work in Sustainability, this is an extremely useful book that is aligned with the PMBOK. Many readers will find the material on developing succes
They are recipients of the Gotham Green Award for sustainable strategy and earned a certificate of recognition from the New Jersey EPA for sustainability innovation.Kristina speaks at industry events including the PMI Global Conference and the Society for Human Resource Management Global Conference. Kristina leads the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Strate