Striving for spontaneity -bureaucracy strikes back

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-158

  Jensen, Tommy ^a   Nylén, Ulrica ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Co operation; Competition; Health care; Spontaneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957235002     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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