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Bookshelf: Gower Handbook of Project Management


J Turner and Stephen Simister Gower, £79.50 Now available on CD-Rom as well as an 888-page hardback, the Gower Handbook of Project Management is divided into seven parts, running from the systems and context of project management, to people and contract management. Useful for students and practitioners, the book is full of diagrams to illustrate the many contributors’ points.
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