Relationships between project complexity and communication

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-197

  Senescu, Reid Robert ^a   Aranda Mena, Guillermo ^b   Haymaker, John Riker ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Information management; Innovation management; Organizations; Project management; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE , ENGINEERING , AND CONSTRUCTIONS; ASSESSMENT METHODS; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; COMPLEX PROJECTS; EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; PROJECT COMPLEXITY; VIRTUAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTIONS;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84875025525     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000121     Document Type: Article

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