How do organizations learn lessons from projects - and do they?

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-266

  Williams, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice (CoP); Complexity; Narratives; Organizational learning; Project learning; Project management

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE (COP); ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PROJECT LEARNING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 43749124434     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.912920     Document Type: Article

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