OTHERS’ OPINIONS ON HIS BOOKS
FROM SOME REVIEWS OF DR. P. K. JOY'S BOOKS,
FINANCIAL EXPRESS DAILY, February 7, 1994. Review article on Total Project Management ‘Race for globalization – Is Indian project management still relevant? “…. Joy in his book “Total Project Management — The Indian Context”, carefully analyzed in detail covering all phases in Indian context including important aspects of project studies, appraisals, clearances, foreign collaborations, capital issues and financing and several Government policies, procedures and regulations…. “
TECHNORAMA, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (INDIA), February 1994. Total Project Management – The Indian Context by P K Joy “… besides innovative methods of project planning, implementation, monitoring and controlling, the book contains details on complex Indian policies and procedures of appraisals, clearances, financing, capital issues, technology transfer, foreign collaboration, etc., with guidelines for updating them and sources of information and other related factors for future changes”.
NICMAR, JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, October 1993/ January 1994, Book Reviews Total Project Management, The Indian Context, by P. K. Joy. “….. The author has tried to cover almost everything concerning project management in this book….”.
THE STATESMAN DAILY, November 27, 1993, ‘Right on Time’, Total Project Management : The Indian Context by P. K. Joy and Handbook of Construction Management by P. K. Joy. “….. Management Science is yet to evolve techniques applicable in the Indian context. P. K. Joy seeks to fill this gap in relation to project implementation and construction…”
BUSINESS INDIA, THE MAGAZINE OF THE CORPORATE WORLD, August 30 to September 12, 1993, Total Project Management: The Indian Context by P. K. Joy. “…. Covers all aspects of Project Management …”
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES DAILY, August 7, 1993. First of its kind. Total Project Management: The Indian Context by P. K. Joy. “…. book is perhaps the first of its kind on total project management in Indian context …. It is a comprehensive treatise on management and deals with the subject in all its aspects,”.
PRODUCTIVITY, A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, July-September 1993. Book review: Total Project Management: The Indian Context by P. K. Joy, “…. The author has developed his own Needs-Rewards-Commitment model (chapter 14) which should get Indian managers’ attention. It is a better alternative to depending solely on Maslow’s Herzberg’s Mcgregor’s and other renowned western researchers….”
INDIAN REVIEW OF BOOKS, June 16 – July15, 1993. Total Project Management: The Indian Context by P. K. Joy, “… A ‘must’ for students, managers, consultants, banks and practically everyone who is somebody in the busy world of business.”
BUSINESS STANDARD DAILY, May 30, 1993. Stick to the schedule. Total Project Management: The Indian Context; by P. K. Joy ”…. The book is a mine of experience to be explored….”.
BUSINESS TODAY, April 7, 1993. Spring Reading. Total Project Management: The Indian Context by P K Joy, ”…he sums up the special features that have to be taken note of for the success of future projects….”.
FINANCIAL EXPRESS DAILY, August 6, 1992, Some issues in construction management. Handbook of Construction Management by P. K. Joy, “…the abundance of guidelines offered for effective control and supervision over the complex facets of construction management, making it a veritable handbook in its own right….”.
INDIAN EXPRESS DAILY, July 6, 1991. Handbook of Construction Management; by P. K. Joy, “…. The book will be useful for all those engaged in construction activities as it gives exposure to all aspects of construction management….”.
THE HINDUSTAN TIMESDAILY, March 3, 1991. ‘Useful reading’. Handbook of Construction Management; by P. K. Joy. “…Author’s summation of human behaviour, relationships in the world of commerce, taking parallels from Mahabharat lends yet another dimension to the aspects of management…. A very useful reading”.
NICMAR, JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, January 1991. Handbook of Construction Management; by P. K. Joy, “…. Almost all of it is presented in the form of manuals which can be used by a construction organization. The book also contains chapters on contract law, use of computers in constructions and international construction contracts.”
THE HINDU DAILY, BUSINESS REVIEW, MANAGEMENT, April 5, 1990, ‘Useful guidebook for construction managers’. Handbook of Construction Management; by P. K. Joy, “…. truly merits the description of being the first and the most comprehensive of its kind in the world written by a single person – and that too one who combines high academic credentials with wide experience in all areas of construction business both at job sites and corporate offices…… the book should be in every university and college library and in the hands of everyone who is interested in expediting construction of projects.”
PROF. DR. G. S. BALARAMA GUPTA'S BOOK 'P. K. JOY, THE MAN AND THE POET'
(This book is available from Amazon.com as well as JIWE Publications, Gulbarga)
This book published in the year 1991 by JIWE Publications of Gulbarga is a collection of review articles and critical evaluation of P. K. Joy’s (early years’) poetry. This was compiled and edited by Prof. Dr. G. S. Balarama Gupta, the then professor and chairman of the English Department of Gulbarga University, and the editor of The Journal of Indian Writing in English.
The book carries book reviews, opinions and/or critical articles written by the below-mentioned scholars, academics and critics:
1. Prof. Dr. G. S. Balarama (Editor’s Note)
2. Prof. Dr. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar (JIWE, January 1989)
3. Prof. Dr. P. Lal (JIWE January 1989)
4. Dr. Krishna Srinivas (Poetry Time Vol, XIV, No. 2, Summer 1989)
5. Prof. Dr. R. K. Singh (Kavita India, Vol. II, No.3)
6. Prof. Dr. S. Murali (Murali Sivaramakrishnan)
7. Prof. Dr. Suresh Chandra Dwivedi (Kavita India, Vol. III, No.1)
8. Dr. Prema Nandakumar (The Hindu, January 26, 1988)
9. Prof. Dr. Shyamala Narayan (Journal of Commonwealth Literature, November 1989
10. Prof. Dr. I K Sharma (JIWE, January 1989)
11. Prof. Dr. Norman Simms (JIWE, January 1989)
12. Prof. Dr. Suresh Saxena (JIWE, January 1989)
13. Dr.Lewis C A Rayapen (International Journal on World Peace, University of Toledo,
Vol.VI, No.3, July – Sept 1989)
14. Dr.Basavaraj S. Naikar {Review Projector (India), Vol.IX, Nos. 10 to 12}
15. Dr. G. D. Barche (Triveni, Jan-Mar 1990)
16. P C K Prem (Poetcrit, January 1990)
17. Kausalya Santhanam (The Hindu, June 20, 1989)
18. Roopali Sircar Chibber (The Indian Literature, Mar-April 1990)
19. Vedamani (The New Leader, February 1-14, 1991)
20. M S Prabhakaran {Review Projector (India), Vol.X, Nos.4-12}
21. Niveditha Sen (Prabiba India, Vol.VII, No.4)
22. A. Russel (Poetry Time, Vol. XIII, No.1, Spring 1988: No.4, Autumn 1988: Vol.XIV,
No.1, Spring 1989)
23. Sailendra Narayan Tripathy (Poesie, Berhampur, Vol.II, 1988 and Vol. XII, 1989)
24. E. A. Falkowski (Poet, February 1989)
25. Susan A. Katz.(Bitterroot, Newyork, Winter, 1989-90)
26. Niranjana Mishra
LATER REVIEWS OF ‘BEYOND MANY BENDS’ PUBLISHED IN 2009 ( This part is under construction). Among others, the below-mentioned journals carried reviews.
After every fall I sprang on my feet, persisted in my pursuit And found beyond the bend the road was smooth and strait — P. K. Joy