A fresh look at the contribution of project management to organizational performance

Project Management Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-16

  Aubry, Monique ^a   Hobbs, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competing Values Framework; Organizational performance; PMO; Value of project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955957816     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.20213     Document Type: Article

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