Chasing the mirage: Managing facilities in a virtual world

Facilities

Volumn 18, Issue , 2000, Pages 392-401

  Grimshaw, Bob ^a   Cairns, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilities management; Organizational change; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165554     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770010349628     Document Type: Article

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