Intelligent organizations: An integrative framework

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-158

  Schwaninger, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intelligent organizations; Organizational cybernetics; Self control; Self transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531210     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.408     Document Type: Article

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