Competencies for managing change

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-412

  Crawford, Lynn ^a,b,c,d   Nahmias, Anat Hassner ^e  

^a LSMRC EA 4112   (France)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Human Systems International Limited   (United Kingdom)

^e Presence of IT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business change; Change management; Competence; Program; Project

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CHANGES; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CORPORATE EXECUTIVES; MULTIPLE PROJECTS; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE; PROGRAM MANAGER; PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS; PROJECT MANAGERS; SENIOR MANAGERS; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

MANAGERS;

ACTION RESEARCH; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950295871     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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