The paradox of project control

Team Performance Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 157-178

  Bourne, Lynda ^a   Walker, Derek H T ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Management styles; Organizational structures; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744469302     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590510617747     Document Type: Article

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