Systems and Environmental Decision Making - Postgraduate Open Learning with the Open University

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 681-695

  Blackmore, Chris ^a   Morris, Dick ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental decision making; Open University; Postgraduate open learning; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035568219     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013174227510     Document Type: Article

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