Simultaneous management: The key to excellence in capital projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 189-199

  Laufer, Alexander ^a   Denker, Gordon R ^b   Shenhar, Aaron J ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Management principles; Project management style; Project success

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COMPLEX PROJECTS; INTENSIVE PROJECT COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT SUCCESS; SIMULTANEOUS MANAGEMENT; TURBULENT ENVIRONMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030211891     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0263-7863(95)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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