An empirical investigation of the project situation: PM practice as an inquiry process

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 418-431

  Lalonde, Pierre Luc ^a   Bourgault, Mario ^a   Findeli, Alain ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CC 051 Pl E Bataillon   (France)

Author keywords

Design; Inquiry process; Managing projects; Pragmatism; Project management practice; Reflective practice

Indexed keywords

INQUIRY PROCESS; MANAGING PROJECTS; PRAGMATISM; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REFLECTIVE PRACTICES;

DESIGN; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; TEACHING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84859216572     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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