Managing organizational development projects by paradoxes

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-360

  Riis, Jens O ^a   Pedersen, Finn Lyng ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Siemens Dematic ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Force field of influence; Improvement initiatives in industrial enterprises; Organizational development; Paradoxes

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0142186062     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728031000117940     Document Type: Article

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