Responding to competing narratives: Lessons for project managers

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-233

  Boddy, David ^a   Paton, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competing narratives; Project and change management; Project structures; Project teams; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPETING NARRATIVES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1342330475     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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