From theory to practice: Toward a typology of project-management styles

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-48

  Shenhar, Aaron J ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity, project management; Project types; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

PROJECT SPECIFIC CONTINGENCY METHOD;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031999653     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.658659     Document Type: Article

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