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The Olympic Summer Games 1972 in Munich

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Taming Giant Projects

Part of the book series: Organization and Management Innovation ((ORGMANAG))

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A huge volume of empirical sources enabled us to analyze almost 100 variables describing this MOE in all its phases from the initial idea to host the Games to the permanent operation of the facilities after the Games. The main sources were files of the project management and the board (including minutes, budgets, drawings, and organizational charts), periodic reports to the project owners, auditing reports and press releases.24

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  1. See Organisationskomitee, OK (1972a, b), (1973–1976) and Olympia-Baugesellschaft, OBG (1974); for details and additional references see GrĂ¼n (1975a) and (1977).

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GrĂ¼n, O. (2004). The Olympic Summer Games 1972 in Munich. In: Taming Giant Projects. Organization and Management Innovation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24818-7_12

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