There’s always an opportunity, you only have to find it. That is what Mr. Thompkins did not expected. During the first chapter of The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management we see how Mr. Tompkins is a heavily prepared manager, but that’s not enough to keep his work, and he is drugged and kidnapped by a Soviet Spy.
During his dream, he finds himself stuck inside a dream-loop in which he remembers his discussion with Mr. Kalbfuss. In this discussion he changed the name of the class to ‘Administrivia’, and he remembers The Four Essential Ingredients Of Management:
- People Selection
- Task Matching
- Motivation
- Team Formation
The concept of the book is interesting. Since we are able to learn about project management from the perspective of a novel I’m really excited to see what’s going to happen.
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