Balancing Process Ownership and Line Management in a Matrix-like Organization

Knowledge and Process Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-119

  Nesheim, Torstein ^a  

^a NONE   (Norway)

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EID: 79956264852     PISSN: 10924604     EISSN: 10991441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/kpm.377     Document Type: Article

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