Post-modern management science: A likely convergence of soft computing and knowledge management methods

Human Systems Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 291-300

  Whalen, Thomas ^a   Samaddar, Subhashish ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Knowledge management; Post modern management science; Soft computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035186768     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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