Controlling Decision-Making Practice in Organizations

Organization Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 484-501

  Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^a   McNamara, Gerry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Decision Effectiveness; Decision Routines; Decision Making Process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035620124     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.12.4.484.10634     Document Type: Article

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