Relevance Lost! : A Critical Review of Project Management Standardisation
@article{Hllgren2012RelevanceL,
title={Relevance Lost! : A Critical Review of Project Management Standardisation},
author={Markus H{\"a}llgren and Andreas Nilsson and Tomas Blomquist and Anders S{\"o}derholm},
journal={International Journal of Managing Projects in Business},
year={2012},
volume={5},
pages={457-485}
}Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the consequences of the diffusion of generic project management knowledge.Design/methodology/approach – This paper is conceptual in its ...
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