Project organizing as a problem in information

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-116

  Winch, Graham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carnegie School; microfoundations; organization theory; organizational economics; project organization

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CARNEGIE SCHOOL; MICRO-FOUNDATIONS; ORGANIZATION THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL ECONOMICS; PROJECT ORGANIZATION;

COSTS;

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84929835710     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2015.1021703     Document Type: Article

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