Managing soft change projects in the public sector

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 443-448

  Crawford, Lynn ^a   Costello, Kerry ^a   Pollack, Julien ^a   Bentley, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative research; Experiential learning; Hard and soft projects; Strategic management; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PUBLIC SECTOR;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0041620405     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(02)00099-6     Document Type: Article

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