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In Human Factors in Project Management, author Zachary Wong-a noted trainer and acclaimed leader of more than 250 project teams-provides a summary of "people-based" management skills and techniques that can be applied when working in a team environment. This comprehensive resource brings together in one book new and current models in team motivation and integrates the most significant concepts in team motivation and behaviors into a single set of principles called "Human Factors." Wong shows how these factors can be applied to the most challenging issues facing project managers today including

• Motivating a diverse workforce
• Facilitating team decisions
• Resolving interpersonal conflicts
• Managing difficult people
• Strengthening team accountability
• Communications
• Leadership

Zachary Wong , Ph. D., is a manager at the Chevron Energy Technology Company in Richmond, California. He is a highly acclaimed instructor of human factors and team dynamics at the University of California at Berkeley Extension.