Socio-organo complexity and project performance

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 808-816

  Antoniadis, Dimitris N ^a   Edum Fotwe, Francis T ^b   Thorpe, Anthony ^b  

^a Carillion Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Control systems; Interconnections; Performance; Projects

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPLEXITY; COMPLEXITY; INTERCONNECTIONS; PERFORMANCE; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT SCHEDULES; PROJECTS; SOCIAL INTERFACES; TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY; UK CONSTRUCTION;

CONTROL THEORY; SCHEDULING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

COMPLEXITY; CONTROL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051894145     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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