Identifying areas of knowledge governance for successful projects

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-504

  Ghosh, Saumyendu ^a   Amaya, Lenis ^a   Skibniewski, Mirosaw J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

architecture and engineering consulting (AEC); knowledge governance; organizational memory; project governance; project memory

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE GOVERNANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL MEMORY; PROJECT GOVERNANCE; PROJECT MEMORY;

INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; REUSABILITY;

MEMORY ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84866361664     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2012.700642     Document Type: Article

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