10 simple steps to better archaeological management available as a 150-page paperback, £16 including P&P.or as a free ebook from Carreg Ffylfan Press.
"A cogent analysis of the problems inherent in archaeological management. This book should be required reading for all archaeologists - at all stages of their careers" The Historic Environment
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Section 1: Introduction
Why reading management books won't help archaeologists
Bad habits of archaeological managers and where they came from
Why reading management books won't help archaeologists
Bad habits of archaeological managers and where they came from
Isn’t good management just common sense?
Exercise 1: Your beliefs and assumptions
Section 2: The 10 simple steps
Step 1: Identity
Step 2: Labels
Step 3: Image
Step 4: Training
Step 5: Communication
Step 6: Costs and risks
Step 7: Don’t overperform the spec
Step 8: Archaeology isn’t just excavation
Step 9: Take Health and Safety seriously
Step 10: Treat junior staff well
Section 3: The Manager’s toolkit
Email is your friend not your enemy
iGoogle can change your life
Getting Things Done
Time management
Exercise 2: Review your current time-use
Microsoft Project
Excel cheatsheet
360 degree evaluation
Exercise 3: Evaluation
A training buddy
Section 4: Action plan
Exercise 4: Love/hate map
Section 5: Practical management
Company health-check
Quality systems in archaeology
Succession planning and career development
How to fix a failing project
What is PRINCE2 and should I be using it?
Why do good Project Officers make bad Project Managers?
Being positive about business meetings
What not to say at a client meeting
Copyright for archaeologists
The archaeological marketplace
Commercial archaeology and the ethics of development
Preservation and ethics
Coping with the crunch: hard times are coming
Hard times economics
Bridging the skills gap and re-thinking evaluation
Curatorial practice after the crunch
Management gurus and the 10 simple steps
Afterword
Bibliography
Book links
Step 3: Image
Step 4: Training
Step 5: Communication
Step 6: Costs and risks
Step 7: Don’t overperform the spec
Step 8: Archaeology isn’t just excavation
Step 9: Take Health and Safety seriously
Step 10: Treat junior staff well
Section 3: The Manager’s toolkit
Email is your friend not your enemy
iGoogle can change your life
Getting Things Done
Time management
Exercise 2: Review your current time-use
Microsoft Project
Excel cheatsheet
360 degree evaluation
Exercise 3: Evaluation
A training buddy
Section 4: Action plan
Exercise 4: Love/hate map
Section 5: Practical management
Company health-check
Quality systems in archaeology
Succession planning and career development
How to fix a failing project
What is PRINCE2 and should I be using it?
Why do good Project Officers make bad Project Managers?
Being positive about business meetings
What not to say at a client meeting
Copyright for archaeologists
The archaeological marketplace
Commercial archaeology and the ethics of development
Preservation and ethics
Coping with the crunch: hard times are coming
Hard times economics
Bridging the skills gap and re-thinking evaluation
Curatorial practice after the crunch
Management gurus and the 10 simple steps
Afterword
Bibliography
Book links
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