The Management of Complex Tasks in Organizations: Controlling the Systems Development Process

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Kirsch, Laurie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Control Theory; Management Control; Software Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642314444     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.1.1     Document Type: Article

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