Reflecting on SSM: The link between root definitions and conceptual models

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-168

  Checkland, Peter ^a   Tsouvalis, Costas ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual models; Dispositions; Root definitions; Soft systems methodology (SSM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031138878     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1743(199705/06)14:3<153::AID-SRES134>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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