A memetic paradigm of project management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 575-583

  Whitty, Stephen Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Memetics; Project management research

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MANAGEMENT THEORY; MEMETIC APPROACH; MEMETIC PARADIGM; MENTAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27944444402     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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