Philosophical and theoretical perspectives of organisational structures as information processing systems

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-142

  Burke, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information systems; Organizational structure; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037239242     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410310463482     Document Type: Article

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