Enterprise policy, delivery, practice and research: Largely rhetoric or under-valued achievement?

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 332-345

  Thompson, John ^a   Scott, Jonathan M ^b   Downing, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Teesside   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delivery; Enterprise policy; Practice; Research; Strategy; Systems; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863436325     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513551211252369     Document Type: Article

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