Using vision as a critical success element in project management

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-622

  Christenson, Dale ^a   Walker, Derek H T ^b  

^a Project Management Centre of Excellence   (Canada)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Change management; Critical success factors; Leadership; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651582169     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370810906291     Document Type: Article

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