Building knowledge for and about large-scale organizational transformations

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1053-1075

  Kotnour, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Case studies; Organizational cliange

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035603026     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005585     Document Type: Article

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