Advancing project management in learning organizations

The Learning Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 226-243

  Bourne, Lynda ^a   Walker, Derek H T ^b  

^a Mosaic Projects   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Influence; Learning; Project management; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969610     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470410532996     Document Type: Article

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