The design of organisational intervention: Choosing the approach

Omega

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 415-435

  Ormerod, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Consultancy; Methodology

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS;

COMPETENCE; CONSULTANCY; CRITICAL SYSTEMS; GENERAL METHOD; METHODOLOGY; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; ORGANISATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY; STRATEGIC CHOICE;

DESIGN;

EID: 0031206155     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(97)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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