Projects and Partnerships: Institutional Processes and Emergent Practices

The Oxford Handbook of Project Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bresnen, Mike ^a   Marshall, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional fragmentation; Institutional processes; Inter professional relationships; New management practices; Project management practices; Project management processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755179976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199563142.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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