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Conflict Prevention in Project Management

Strategies, Methods, Checklists and Case Studies

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Wolfgang Spiess

    1. Alpen, Germany

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  2. Finn Felding

    1. Lejre, Denmark

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  • Practical-oriented book

  • Deals about strategies and methods to avoid conflicts in international technical projects

  • Emphasizes neither psychological nor legal aspects but deals with an effective and organized project planning and preparation

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-3

  3. Parties, Roles and Interests in International Projects

    Pages 5-13

  4. Engineering, Supply and Construction Contracts

    Pages 15-40

  5. Preventing Conflicts by Application of Psychology

    • Rikke Rye Hahn
    Pages 41-61

  6. Negotiations Leading to Conflict Resolution

    Pages 63-98

  7. Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation Contributing to Conflict Settlement

    Pages 99-124

  8. Expertise Contributing to Conflict Solutions

    Pages 125-139

  9. Project Management Tools to Help Avoid Conflicts

    Pages 141-168

  10. Conclusions and Recommendations

    Pages 169-171

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 173-186
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About this book

Tis handbook has three primary objectives : (?) to give the project managers gu- ance to avoid con?icts in project execution and to understand the procedures in case of legal proceedings, (?) to give lawyers the understanding of the technical problems in project management, and (?) to give students an introduction into the technical and legal aspects of managing big international projects. Te case studies and qu- tions at the end of each chapter are especially directed to the student and the young project managers, who try to enter the ever more complicated world of managing international projects. Tis book does not try to give legal advice, but it tries to help engineers and project managers how to thoroughly plan their project in order to avoid con?icts during execution. In this way it also helps lawyers to better understand their clients, when they have to defend them in con?icts regarding big international projects. Te authors’ many years of experience in managing international projects on one side and in assisting as experts and monitors of litigation on the other side have led them to write this book and thus to help other project managers avoid the mistakes that they themselves and other project managers have made in the past.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Alpen, Germany

    Wolfgang Spiess

  • Lejre, Denmark

    Finn Felding

About the authors

Dr. Wolfgang Spiess, Engineering Degree (Dipl.-Ing.) at Technical University Berlin, Germany, Doctor´s Degree in Systems Engineering, Lecturer at Technical University Berlin for Planning and Management Systems. CEO of Trapp Systems Engineering, developing computerized planning systems and simultaneously Head of Organisational Division of F.C.Trapp Construction Company. Head of International Division of RWTÜV one of the leading companies for quality and safety supervision. Senior Executive VP of SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance) world leader in quality and safety inspection. Major experience in arbitration for the ICC (Paris).

Finn Felding holds a Master Degree in Economics at University of Copenhagen. Post Graduate studies at Technical University of Denmark. He has 30 years experience in international engineering contracting in line positions from Assistant Project Manager to Managing Director in FLSmidth A/S, Copenhagen, APV Danish Turnkey Dairies Ltd., Aarhus, Denmark and the Christiani & Nielsen owned M&E Contractor in Thailand. He has managed or appraised projects in Asia, Europe, Americas and Austral Asia from a value of EUR 100.000 to 300 millions. Since 1997 he has operated as independent Project Advisor with assignments for international engineering and contracting companies. Furthermore he has developed and implemented international project management courses at Maersk Training Center etc.

 

 

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