Negotiating lean: The fluidity and solidity of new management technologies in the Danish public sector

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 550-566

  Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen, Esben ^a   Huniche, Mahad ^b  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b Region Zealand ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication management; Denmark; Implementation; Lean management; Negotiated order; Negotiating; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961090420     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410401111150742     Document Type: Article

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