Minnesh Kaliprasad: 14 books

Despite 73% of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Sixth Edition, project management processes being either pre-cursors to control activities or direct control related activities, the success rate of projects nowadays is not very encouraging, leading one to asking the question as...

Suppose you were to ask yourself the following question: When do you perform your best? Research has shown that people work harder and are more effective when they feel involved, recognised, valued, and perhaps most importantly, respected. Now consider the flip side. If you are...

It is said that communication is the key to success in this era of rapid change. Good communication skills are said to be among the most important characteristics of high-performing teams. Yet the importance thereof is oftentimes downplayed in organisations. If communication is in fact the key to...

Psychologist Peter Salovey and John Mayer first used the term “emotional intelligence” or EI in an article in 1990. Components of the concept of EI can however be traced back to Socrates’s well-known statement “Know thyself”. The psychologist first thought of intelligence as a reference...

Teams or groups of people, work together in all aspects of life, be it business or personal. The importance of teams, and especially the effective and efficient working of a team, is thus of vital importance to the effective and efficient operation of a business and society in general. For...

This ebook provides a brief overview of motivation and job satisfaction in a technical environment. The purpose is to aid the study of the subject and to provide additional background, as well as some practical application guidelines to help the reader understand the process of motivating people. In...

Every day of our lives we are constantly juggling our time to fulfil the responsibilities of the many identities we are expected to wear simultaneously: son, daughter, husband, wife, father, mother, manager, worker, coach, player, etc. If we just make decisions about where to devote our time and resources...

In any team working towards a goal there is bound to be conflict. The traditional notion views conflict as being “bad”, meaning its presence is undesirable. But constructive conflict can provide opportunities for great new solutions and an engine of social learning. The difference between being...

Having a sound business strategy is absolutely paramount for any organisation in today’s climate. Even more so, with the constantly changing landscape of the manner in which business is conducted itself, it is imperative that the organisation has a sound business strategy as a springboard to ensure...

The fiercely competitive nature of construction project management also requires that contractors and owners alike must be skillful in estimating the cost and duration of each project undertaken, whilst at the same time being fairly certain of the intended scope of the project, and simultaneously...

Today, the view of people being the most important component of organisations, reigns supreme. Successful management of this critical organisational resource requires strong leadership, a skill sometimes viewed as the mystical “it” that a person radiates to rally support for a cause, motivate...

Change is reflected in the everyday processes of human activity as well as in the day-to-day organisational environment as the transition or transformation from one state to another. Due to the enormous influence of change on the organisational environment, an assessment of “change management”...

All endeavours involve some element of risk with the success or failure of any particular venture depending on how this element of risk is dealt with. This is no different in the projects environment where the primary key issues dealt with are meeting deadlines (schedule) and cost targets. Very often,...

Employees are said to be an organisation’s greatest asset. This has become the rallying cry of most major organisations around the world. The tendency from management is to manage people rather than the environment in which they perform. We live in a world where the major investments in an organisation...