A Brief Review of Peter B. Checkland's Contribution to Systemic Thinking

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 723-731

  Flood, Robert L ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peter B. Checkland; Review; Systemic thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034549007     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026423411383     Document Type: Review

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