Tailored task forces: Temporary organizations and modularity

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 537-546

  de Waard, Erik J ^a   Kramer, Eric Hans ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS DEFENCE ACADEMY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Configuration; Defence; Organization design

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; LABELS; STANDARDIZATION;

(E ,2E) THEORY; ARMED FORCES; BUSINESS GOALS; DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY (DS); ELSEVIER (CO); MODULAR SYSTEMS; PLUG-AND-PLAY; SOCIAL SYSTEMS; STARTING POINTS; TASK FORCES; TEMPORARY STRUCTURES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; LABELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONS; STANDARDS;

EID: 47249117851     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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