The contribution of the project management office to organisational performance

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Aubry, Monique ^a   Hobbs, Brian ^a   Thuillier, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organizational performance; Project management; Research work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928492964     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910930563     Document Type: Article

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