Engineering a paradigm shift? An holistic approach to organisational change management

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 104-120

  Ragsdell, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineers; Management; Metaphors; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034385302     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810010321436     Document Type: Article

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