Project execution game (PEG): Training towards managing unexpected events

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 495-512

  Zwikael, Ofer ^a   Gonen, Amnon ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Education; Management games; Project management; Risk management; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547664703     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590710772668     Document Type: Article

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