Process of organizational problem definition: How to evaluate and how to improve

Omega

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-338

  Büyükdamgaci, Güldal ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ill structured problem solving; Problem definition; Problem formulation; Problem structuring; Purposes

Indexed keywords

ILL-STRUCTURED PROBLEM SOLVING; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS; PROBLEM DEFINITION; PROBLEM FORMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVERS; PROBLEM STRUCTURING; PURPOSE; SYNTHESIS METHOD;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0037861836     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(03)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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