The impact of government practice on the ability of project managers to manage

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-133

  Brunetto, Yvonne ^a   Farr Wharton, Rod ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficiency; New Public Management (NPM) policy; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; MANAGERS; PUBLIC POLICY;

FUNDS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037295105     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(02)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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