Engineering procedures manuals—benefit or liability?

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-14

  Kennedy, Don ^a   Whittaker, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0013102521     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2000.11415058     Document Type: Article

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