This book discusses the development of systems management in the 1960s and the 1980s, and the expansion of the strategic perspective of managing projects in that period.
Introduction Developments prior to the 1940s The Second World War The 1950s: the development of Systems Management The 1960s: Apollo and the decade of management systems The 1970s: the expansion of project management The 1980s: expansion of the strategic perspective of managing projects The Management of Projects: the new model And now? Notes Selected bibliography Index