A holon-based process modeling methodology

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 565-581

  Presley, Adrien R ^a,b   Liles, Donald H ^a  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodology; Modelling; Organizational design; Process management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035616544     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570110390336     Document Type: Article

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