Projects as the content and process of change: The case of the health and safety laboratory

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-152

  Winch, Graham ^a   Meunier, Marie Christine ^a   Head, Justine ^b   Russ, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Government projects; Managing by projects; Managing change; Managing programmes

Indexed keywords

CHANGE PROCESS; GOVERNMENT PROJECTS; HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORIES; MANAGING BY PROJECTS; MANAGING CHANGE; MANAGING PROGRAMMES; MANAGING PROJECTS; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE; PROCESS MODEL; TWO-DIMENSION;

INNOVATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH AND SAFETY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84655161861     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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