Organisational control in programme teams: An empirical study in change programme context

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Nieminen, Anu ^a   Lehtonen, Mikko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Change programme; Control; Control mechanism; Control mode

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CHANGE PROGRAMME CONTEXT; CHANGE PROGRAMME TEAMS; CONTROL MECHANISM; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37849007904     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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