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Alexander Laufer
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli researcher”. Today it says “director of the consortium for project leadership at the university of wisconsin–madison”.
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Alexander Laufer is an Israeli researcher, author, speaker, and consultant. He is best known for his work on developing a " theory of practice " for project management based on the tacit knowledge of competent practitioners from successful organizations.1
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israeli researcher
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director of the consortium for project leadership at the university of wisconsin–madison
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