An application of SSM in the on-farm labour situation in the New Zealand dairy industry

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-350

  Reid, J I ^a   Gray, D I ^a   Kelly, T C ^a   Kemp, E A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New zealand dairy industry; On farm employment; Primary industry problem situation; Soft systems methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033243820     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1743(199907/08)16:4<341::aid-sres249>3.0.co;2-p     Document Type: Article

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