Project Management

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The book is primarily intended to serve as a textbook for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students of management studies. The book covers the syllabus prescribed by most universities/institutes in India on the subject "Project Management". The book will also be of use to commerce students and for students of professional courses like AICWA, ACA and CFA. All aspects of projects, viz., Project identification, Project appraisal, Project planning and scheduling, Project implementation, Project evaluation and Post audit to projects have been covered. The book also touches upon finer and practical aspects of project analysis and implementation which will be of great use to entrepreneurs. The subject matter has been presented in a simple and lucid form. Project scheduling techniques have been explained in detail with the aid of graded examples to bring home the concepts clearly. Case studies taken from real life situations add value to the book, as this will help understand the practicalities involved in the discipline of Project Management. In the present edition two more chapters, viz., 'Entrepreneurship' and 'Time Value of Money' have been included which will add value to the book. Though the book is mainly addressed to students, it will be equally useful to project appraisers, project managers and entrepreneurs as well. About The Author K. Nagarajan is Regional Manager in the Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Limited (TIIC), which is a primier financial institution engaged in project finance. He is a postgraduate in Civil Engineering from P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore. He is Certificated Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (C.A.I.I.B.). He also holds a Diploma in Financial Services from the Indian Institute of Bankers. He obtained postgraduate diploma in Portfolio Management from Pondicherry University, M.B.A. degree from Bharathidasan University and M.Phil. degree from Alagappa University. He has more than two decades of experience in (TIIC) and his book on Project Management is already very popular among the student community. He has contributed many articles in leading management and allied journals. Table Of Contents Project: Characteristics and Types Project Identification, Formulation and Implementation Project Appraisal Project Cost Estimation Project Financing Financial Appraisal-I (Financial Analysis of Projects) Financial Appraisal-II (Financial Projections) Project Planning and Scheduling Project Cost Control Rehabilitation of Sick Units Project Organization Project Contracts Project Evaluation and Post Project Evaluation (Post Audit) Computer Aided Project Management and Future of Project Management Options in Projects Risk Analysis Effect of Inflation on Financial Appraisal of Projects Capital Rationing among Multiple Projects Topics of Interest on Project Management Entrepreneurship Time Value of Money Case Studies.