This comprehensive book gives detailed and practical guidance on how to plan, organize and control projects effectively by presenting the methods and tools which will significantly increase the probability of success.
Erling S. Andersen was born in 1941, and has a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Oslo (1966). He has been the Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Oslo, Dean of NKI College of Computer Science, and Professor of Information Science at the University of Bergen.
Outstanding if you have ever had to liaison with another company as a consultant or contractor. There were places where I out and out LAUGHED! The authors have been there and done that with some of the same horrible actors that I had to deal with.
Also relevant if you have been parachuted into a management job and everyone you manage is "eccentric."