Mini-muddling: Learning from project plan deviations

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-107

  Hällgren, Markus Hällgren ^a   Wilson, Timothy L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Learning; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847162789     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620710728475     Document Type: Article

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