A relational typology of project management offices

Project Management Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-76

  Müller, Ralf ^a   Glückler, Johannes ^b   Aubry, Monique ^c  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

innovation; learning; organizational slack; PMO; PMO networks; relational typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872741612     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21321     Document Type: Article

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