Facilitation: Some contributions to theorising the practice of operational research

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 126-136

  Taket, A ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Co counselling; Deconstruction; Facilitation; Group decision making; Practice of OR; Process of OR; Re evaluation counselling

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CO-COUNSELLING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036477189     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601209     Document Type: Article

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