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1、EpiloguePracticesforProjectLeadershipbyAlexanderLauferSuccessfulprojectleadershipisanongoingprocessoflearning.Thus,thisbook’scontent,format,andstructureweredesignedwithaclearpurpose:toencourageanattitudeofresponsibilityforone’sownlearningandtofacilitatethelearningprocess.Thiswasalsot
2、hemainguidelinefordevelopingthefollowingninepracticesforprojectleadership.Theeightcontextuallyrichandvividcasesshouldhaveprovidedyouwithenoughdirectiontostartthelongjourneyfrommanagementtoleadership.Leadershipdevelopsprimarilythroughon-the-jobexperiences.However,experiencealonewithou
3、tthoughtfulreflec-tionismeaningless.Moreover,effectivereflectionshouldbedoneinlightofatheoryoramodelofthephenomenonathand.Theindividualpracticesshouldguideyouinbuildingyourexpe-riencebase,onepracticeatatime.Theninepracticesasawholerepresentanoverallmodelforprojectleadership,amodelbui
4、ltonthebasisoftheactualbehaviorofsuccessfulpractitioners.Assuch,thismodelcanserveasanexcellenttoolforfacilitatingyourongoingthoughtfulreflection.213214MasteringtheLeadershiproLeinprojectManageMentFirstPractice:Embracethe“LivingOrder”ConceptAbout2,500yearsago,Heraclitus,aGreekphilosop
5、her,arguedthattheonlyconstantinourworldischange.Today,theeconomic,social,andpoliticalchallengesofglobalizationandtherapidtechno-logicalinnovationsmakethisstatementastrueasever.Indeed,PeterVaill,anAmericanprofessorofmanagement,explainsthatthecom-plex,turbulent,andchangingenvironmentfa
6、cedbycontemporaryorganizationsrenderstheleadershipoftheseorganizationslikenavi-gatingin“permanentwhitewater.”Inusingthe“permanentwhitewater”metaphor,Vaillcallsourattentiontothefactthattheexternalenvironmentofcontemporaryprojectsisfullofsurprises,tendstoproducenovelproblems,andis“mess
7、y”andill-structured.However,itwastheFrenchNobelPrizewinnerHenriBergsonwhoacenturyagoproposedaconceptoforderthattodaymighthelpustobetterseeprojectreality.Inhis1907bookCreativeEvolution,Bergsonclaimedthatthereisnosuchthingasdisorder,butrathertwosortsoforder:geometricorderandlivingorder
8、.Whilein“geo