Heads It's Yes, Tails It's No: Current Perspectives on Strategic Decision Making

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-90

  Gummer, Burton ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030632667     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v21n01_06     Document Type: Article

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