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The management of change and the Viplan Methodology in practice

S A HarwoodUniversity of Edinburgh Business SchoolMidlothianUKCorrespondence[email protected]

Pages 748-761 | Received 01 May 2010, Accepted 01 Jun 2011, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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