Transferring the western model of project organisation to a bureaucratic culture: The case of Nepal

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-57

  Pant, Dinesh P ^a   Allinson, Christopher W ^b   Hayes, John ^b  

^a Nepal Administrative Staff College   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Cross cultural; Developing countries; Nepal; Project management; Project organisation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUREAUCRACY; CROSS CULTURAL; NEPAL; PROJECT ORGANIZATION; WOSTERN MODELS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CROSS-CULTURAL TRANSFER; CULTURAL CONTEXT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WESTERN MODEL;

NEPAL;

EID: 0030075077     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0263-7863(95)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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