National Project Management: The Sunshine Project and the Rise of the Japanese Solar Industry

Minoru Shimamoto

Informasi Umum

Kode

21.21.2149

Klasifikasi

658.404 - Project management

Jenis

Buku - Elektronik (E-Book)

Subjek

Project Management

No. Rak

Dilihat

186 kali

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Abstraksi

With this book, and now that such a long time has passed, I would like to shed light on the origins of the Sunshine Project, how it continued, and whether it produced any results. I would also like to consider the reasons why policies were successful in some areas but did not have the intended effect in other areas. By tracing the history of the project, we may learn how technology innovation was employed to achieve policy goals with a high degree of public interest, such as technology research and development, or finding solutions to environmental energy problems. Researching the history of the Sunshine Project is not the only aim of this book. Rather, if we can present suggestions for how to structure national projects, it may also be possible to identify ways for industry, government, and academia to put their collective heads together to find solutions not only to environmental energy problems, but also to social problems such as the food crisis, social disparity and poverty, and the aging population and the decline in the birthrate. Therein lies the goal of this book.

The main part of this book consists of three case studies interspersed with two reflective chapters. The first case study describes the Sunshine Project from the perspective of project management. Based on the perspective of government, the chapter investigates methods for managing projects effectively and efficiently to achieve the goals. The focal points in the chapter are environmental awareness, technology forecasts, organizational structure, budget allocation, and outcome assessment. The history of the Sunshine Project is mainly described from the perspective of project management based on the official history of the project.