Generative conversations: Applying Lyotard's discourse model to knowledge creation within contemporary organizations

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 333-340

  Topp, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conversation; Differend; Knowledge; Linking; Phrase; Stakes; Theme

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341623     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1743(200007/08)17:4<333::AID-SRES310>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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