Project management, governance, and the normalization of deviance

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 376-387

  Pinto, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a Penn State Erie   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviance; Governance; Organizational learning; Planning errors

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NASA;

DEVIANCE; GOVERNANCE; NORMALIZATION OF DEVIANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PLANNING ERROR; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS; STRATEGIC MISREPRESENTATIONS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEARNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84894242463     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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