Group model-building to facilitate organizational change: An exploratory study

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-58

  Vennix, Jac A M ^a   Akkermans, Henk A ^b   Rouwette, Etiënne A J A ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0012004794     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1727(199621)12:1<39::AID-SDR94>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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