From organising as projects to projects as organisations

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-137

  van Donk, Dirk Pieter ^a   Molloy, Eamonn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency approach; Managing projects; Organisation design; Project typology

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CONTINGENCY APPROACH; ORGANISATION DESIGN; PROJECT ORGANISATIONS; PROJECT TYPOLOGY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DESIGN; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 38849166781     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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