Project team effectiveness: The case for sufficient setup and top management involvement

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-311

  McComb, S A ^a   Kennedy, D M ^a   Green, S G ^b   Compton, W D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Maintenance project; Project management; Project setup

Indexed keywords

MAINTAINABILITY; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BUSINESS GOALS; MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE PROJECTS; MODERATING EFFECTS; PROJECT EFFICIENCY; PROJECT OBJECTIVES; PROJECT SUCCESS; PROJECT TEAMING; TEAM PERFORMANCE; TOP MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 45849142214     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280802034059     Document Type: Article

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