Redefining the role of the practitioner in critical systems methodologies

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-281

  Kay, Robert ^a   Halpin, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical systems methodologies; Methodology construction; Practitioner; Systems practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033243414     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1743(199905/06)16:3<273::AID-SRES231>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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