'Effective governance' through complexity thinking and management science

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 241-257

  White, Leroy ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Governance; Management science; Multi agency; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035532406     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.373     Document Type: Article

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