Directions for future research in project management: The main findings of a UK government-funded research network

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 638-649

  Winter, Mark ^a   Smith, Charles ^b   Morris, Peter ^c   Cicmil, Svetlana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University College London ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Directions; Network; Practice; Project management; Research; Theory

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH ACTIVITY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750933500     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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