Complexity and management of improvement programmes

Public Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-359

  Teisman, Geert R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Complexity; Implementation; Management; Program; Project

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149118752     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030802002584     Document Type: Article

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