Towards synergy in multiperspective management: An American-Chinese case

Human Systems Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-37

  Linstone, Harold A ^a   Zhu, Zhichang ^b,c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Culture tradition; Multiperspective management; Mutual learning; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002913253     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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